The Rollback of Pro-Worker Policies Since Trump Took Office Is Staggering
This Labor Day, don’t listen to his empty promises to protect working people.
Helaine OlenEnvironment
Trump Budget Cuts Could Halt the Investigation Into the Texas Chemical Plant Explosion
Trump wants to eliminate the US Chemical Safety Board, which is looking into the Arkema explosion.
George ZornickLabor Organizing
Top 10 Labor Day Songs
In honor of Labor Day, here’s a stab at the impossible task of naming the best songs ever written about working people.
Peter RothbergPolitics
Trump’s Labor Picks Give Workers Nothing to Celebrate on Labor Day
The president is filling key positions with allies of ALEC, union busters, and a defender of sweatshop wages.
John NicholsLatest From The Nation
September 1, 2017 Police and Law Enforcement
Scandal-Plagued Sheriff David Clarke Would Make a Bad Trump Administration Even Worse
Trump’s favorite lawman wants to shred the Constitution and abandon habeas corpus.
John Nichols
September 1, 2017 Media
How Right-Wing Media Played the Mainstream Press in the 2016 Election
August 31, 2017 Sports
The Houston Stadium Grift Comes Home to Roost
August 31, 2017 Music
From Jazz Clubs to Classrooms
August 31, 2017 Culture
This Season, ‘Game of Thrones’ Cut Deep
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Focus on Harvey
Harvey Strains Texas’s Already Overburdened Schools
Adding to the usual back-to-school worries, the tropical storm has brought fears of homelessness and deportation to the mix.
Michelle ChenEveryone’s a Socialist After a Natural Disaster
Ted Cruz’s hypocrisy won’t stop government from helping in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, but Texas will be needing help for a long time.
Joan WalshHouston Developers’ Losing Battle With Climate Change
Roane Carey, plus Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio and Bob Dreyfuss on Seth Rich.
Start Making Sense and Jon WienerNation Voices
Politics
How Maxine Waters Became a Heroine for the Trump Era
When it comes to challenging Trump, the congresswoman from California says, “I’m gonna take off the gloves and I’m gonna put my career on the line.”
Collier Meyerson
For Scott Pruitt’s EPA, Climate-Change Denial Is Mission Critical
The EPA chief is very wrong about Harvey.
John Nichols
Seth Rich, Conspiracy Theorists, and Russiagate ‘Truthers’
The murder of a DNC staffer has been shamelessly manipulated by Fox News, WikiLeaks—and possibly the White House.
Bob DreyfussCulture
Robert Rauschenberg and the Art of the New Frontier
The artist was, above all, a restless and resourceful gatherer of materials—cultural as well as physical.
Barry Schwabsky
A Pitiless Heist Movie
The one thing you can’t do is look away from Benny and Josh Safdie’s acidly titled Good Time.
Stuart Klawans
From Jazz Clubs to Classrooms
Recent releases by two jazz-program graduates, Ryan Keberle and Tyshawn Sorey, make potent cases for whatever educational methods work.
David Hajdu
World
Why the Battle for India’s Past Is a Fight for Its Future
Seventy years after partition, India’s ruling party is using history to divide the country.
Kanishk Tharoor
When Salvador Allende Told Us Happiness Is a Human Right
Now, for the first time, an adviser recalls a remarkable 1971 conversation with Chile’s socialist leader.
Luis Sepúlveda
Avoiding War With North Korea
It’s way past time for Trump to begin talks with Pyongyang.
John FefferWatch and Listen
Listen: Inside New York City’s #IStandWithKap Rally
Scenes from the several-thousand-strong rally outside NFL Headquarters in New York.
August 29, 2017
View: The Borderlands’ Human Stain
Photographs that capture the traces of violence that have plagued the US-Mexico border for generations.
July 27, 2017
Watch: VIDEO: People in Denmark Are a Lot Happier Than People in the United States. Here’s Why.
When governments provide benefits and services that allow its citizens to thrive, everyone wins.
July 17, 2017
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