Economy / September 15, 2023 Garment Workers Are Getting Closer to a Fair Wage Advocates are working to get a version of California’s Garment Workers Protection Act passed at the federal level. Sasha Abramsky Ad Policy Members of the Protect LA’s Garment Jobs Coalition, along with garment workers and labor and affordable-housing allies, attend a…
Activism Today 11:05 am Morocco Morocco On the media. Steve Brodner September 15, 2023 (Steve Brodner) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Get The Nation’s Weekly Newsletter Fridays. The best of the week. Email By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to…
Q&A / September 15, 2023 Survivor Justice and Democracy: A Conversation With Kylie Cheung The Nation spoke with the journalist and author about the ways in which domestic violence and the ongoing attacks on bodily autonomy impede the democratic process. Victoria Law Ad Policy (Melina Castorillo) This article appears in the October 2/9, 2023 issue,…
Objection! / September 15, 2023 James Ho Wants to Be the Next Clarence Thomas The Fifth Circuit judge is a far-right extremist and provocateur—and he’s angling for a seat on the Supreme Court. Elie Mystal Ad Policy (Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call) This article appears in the October 2/9, 2023 issue, with the headline…
Editorial / September 15, 2023 America’s Short-Lived Safety Net Has Almost Fully Unraveled The American Rescue Plan created unprecedented programs protecting parents and young children, renters, and childcare providers. Now they are almost entirely gone. Bryce Covert for The Nation Ad Policy This article appears in the October 2/9, 2023 issue, with the headline “The…
Politics Today 9:22 am Kevin McCarthy Isn’t Up to This Battle. But Neither Is Anyone Else. Kevin McCarthy Isn’t Up to This Battle. But Neither Is Anyone Else. All that protects McCarthy right now is the tiny but effective coat of armor he wore in January: No one else can get a majority vote. Joan…
Politics / September 14, 2023 Democrats Need to Have an Honest Talk About White People The party needs a sober, empirically grounded analysis of what we really know—and don’t know—about how best to expand support among white voters. Steve Phillips Ad Policy Joe Biden with supporters during a caucus night watch party in Des Moines,…
Politics / September 14, 2023 The Future of the Voting Rights Act Depends on… Brett Kavanaugh A new effort by Alabama to gut the VRA was clearly inspired by a recent Kavanaugh opinion. Now the state is appealing to the Supreme Court—and Kavanaugh—to help seal the deal. Elie Mystal Ad Policy US Supreme Court Justice…
September 14, 2023 How Do We Deal With Our Planet’s Unprecedented Decline? Across the planet, horrifying “natural” fire, flood, and heat records were set this summer. Tom Engelhardt Ad Policy Flames from the Caldor Fire crown in trees at Echo Lake, Calif., in August 2021. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)…
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