New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche
Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.
Issue 320
6 articles
The People in the Tents Say "Yes"
Fernando Mendez has been a leader of the encampment from the beginning. When Ruben Beas says he's been
What's Next for Greece?
Credit: Fee Plumley, Creative Commons Attribution license 2.0. Most readers already probably know the sequence of events between Greece
Dear Dr. Dollar: A Case for Public Ownership
Dear Dr. Dollar: Would the U.S. economy work better if some industries were nationalized? Banks? Other industries? Which ones and why? —Richard Hobbs, San Jose, Calif.
The Agony of Mexican Labor Today
For the last year and a half, tens of thousands of Mexican teachers have been involved in demonstrations, weeks-long strikes,