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The Uphill Battle to Enforce Domestic Workers' Rights

The Uphill Battle to Enforce Domestic Workers' Rights

Nannies in New York state have brand-new labor protections. But it's proving hard to enforce employment laws at home.

Posted June 12, 2012

Quebec Students Spark Mass Protests Against Austerity

Quebec Students Spark Mass Protests Against Austerity

What began as a student walkout against tuition hikes has become a society-wide uprising against austerity, inequality and the police state.

Posted June 12, 2012

Reflections From Netroots Nation: Seven Years Later

Reflections From Netroots Nation: Seven Years Later

At the seventh annual gathering of netroots, the progressive movement focuses on lessons learned. 

Posted June 11, 2012

Nation Cruise

Books and the Arts

The Beginner’s Goodbye, The Chemistry of Tears and the burden of inheritance.

Why are moral and political thinkers failing to engage with the true, dispiriting scale of market sovereignty?

Chockablock with art, art fairs are essentially authorless.

The Graduation Gift They Can Take Anywhere

News and Analysis

The beloved New Orleans daily is profitable and has enviable market penetration. So why is it moving to three-day delivery?

A popular provision of the Affordable Care Act that has helped insure 6.6 million Americans under 26 could be eliminated by the Supreme Court.

A Politics for the 99 Percent

Progressives must take the fall election seriously, even as they challenge the limits of the debate.

James Dimon, center, flanked by Lloyd C. Blankfein, left, and Robert Kelly

They’re hyper-educated, ambitious and well rewarded. So why are our elites so incompetent?

Dollar bills

A web of right-wing groups bankrolled by billionaires dominates our politics. Our media shouldn’t let them remain in the shadows.

People who give DNA samples—and big bucks—to companies in exchange for information on their potential medical risks are handing over more than saliva.

At UC Davis and other institutions, student-led protests against austerity are met with thuggish riot cops and the criminalization of speech. 

Barack Obama

Liberals raised a ruckus over Bush’s abuses. Let’s hold this president to the same standard.

Naomi Klein - Lookout

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