Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain
The pathbreaking CHAMACOS study has detected developmental problems in children born to mothers who toiled in California’s treated fields—but will anything change?
Mar 11, 2014 / Feature / Susan Freinkel
The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight
By pouring money into politics, pesticide companies have beat back attempts to protect the public.
Why Americans Should Take August Off Why Americans Should Take August Off
Cadillac thinks we get more glory—and stuff—by working so hard. Research says the opposite.
Mar 7, 2014 / Bryce Covert
Men of the World, Lean Out! Men of the World, Lean Out!
We can’t change the workplace by asking women to lean out. We have to start with men.
Feb 27, 2014 / Bryce Covert
Brain Drain and the Politics of Immigration Brain Drain and the Politics of Immigration
The migration of highly skilled workers can pay dividends for immigrants and their employers, but it produces losers as well.
Feb 26, 2014 / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus
Why Are So Many Workers Dying in Oil Fields? Why Are So Many Workers Dying in Oil Fields?
Lax safety standards prevent OSHA from investigating the majority of oil-field accidents.
Feb 25, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
UAW and VW Seek Economic High Road, Anti-Union Pols Seek to Block It UAW and VW Seek Economic High Road, Anti-Union Pols Seek to Block It
A Tennessee union vote could reshape American manufacturing.
Feb 13, 2014 / John Nichols
Cuomo’s Bogus Logic vs. de Blasio’s Call for a Higher Wage Cuomo’s Bogus Logic vs. de Blasio’s Call for a Higher Wage
The governor says a higher minimum wage in New York City could cause chaos.
Feb 12, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
A Snow Day Cost This Woman Her Job at Whole Foods A Snow Day Cost This Woman Her Job at Whole Foods
All over the country, parents are losing jobs because of conflicting orders: public health officials instructing parents to keep kids home, and bosses threatening to fire workers w...
Feb 10, 2014 / Ellen Bravo
Rand Paul Gets the Math Wrong on the Minimum Wage Rand Paul Gets the Math Wrong on the Minimum Wage
Paul claims that increasing the minimum wage leads to higher unemployment; actual economists disagree.
Feb 10, 2014 / Barbara Koeppel