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Questions for Idaho Economist Mike Ferguson (Education, States, Economy)

The state’s top number-cruncher discusses taxes, education and the consequences of drowning government in the bathtub.

Sasha Abramsky
Scott Walker
Will People Power Defeat Scott Walker and His Cronies? (US Politics, Labor Organizing and Activism, Activism, States, The Left)

The protests in Wisconsin have inspired a new generation of candidates—and they’re winning.

John Nichols
John Nichols: The Power of Symbolism (Movements, Labor, States)

Governor Scott Walker attempted to pit Wisconsin workers against each other. But the effect was the opposite of what he had intended.

Francis Reynolds
Save the American Dream
Red States See Massive Public Sector Job Losses (Economics, States, Unions)

Twelve red states account for 70 percent of all state and local public sector jobs lost since 2010.

Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert
City manager
The Scandal of Michigan's Emergency Managers (Urban Issues, States)

Unelected individuals are taking control of whole cities and school districts, from Flint to Benton Harbor to Detroit.

Chris Savage
Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Uprising, One Year Later (Activism, States, Unions)
The Nation
Anti-Walker protests in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rises Up Against Walker (US Politics, Labor, States, Unions)

What does democracy look like? Try a grassroots campaign organized by ordinary citizens to recall their union-busting governor.

John Nichols
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Andrew Cuomo
Governor Cuomo Is Still Governor One Percent (States, Taxes)

Contrary to the spin, New York’s new tax plan privileges millionaires at the expense of the 99 percent.

Eric Alterman
Slide Show: The Most Important Referendums on This Month's Ballots—From Mississippi to Ohio and Beyond (US Politics, States, Society)
The Nation
Ari Berman: How the GOP Curtails Voting Rights (US Politics, Government, States)

Across the country, the Republican party is trying to make it harder for the Democrats’ core constituencies to vote.

Countdown

Blogs

Upwards of 125,000 March in Madison, as Activists Rally Nationwide to Back Wisconsin Workers
John Nichols

Historic rally in Madison draws union member, farmers and small-business owners to protest assault on collective bargaining. Tens of thousands rally nationwide on Saturday.

February 27, 2011
Wisconsin Governor May Have Violated Labor Law in Koch Call
John Nichols

Did Scott Walker break election and labor laws? A former state attorney general is calling on the state ethics agency to investigate. Could this scandal kill the bill?

February 24, 2011
Scott Walker to 'Koch Caller': Thanks for All the Support
John Nichols

A prankster posing as David Koch catches Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker acknowledging Koch's “vested interest” in a budget bill.

February 23, 2011
Wisconsin's Political Crisis Is a Good Deal More Serious Than Its Fiscal Crisis
John Nichols

Sure, Wisconsin has financial troubles. Just about every state does. Instead of addressing them in the same way the state traditionally has, however, the governor is using what he calls a “crisis” as an excuse to bust unions.

February 22, 2011
'This Is What Democracy Looks Like' in Wisconsin, as Largest Crowd Yet—80,000—Opposes Union Busting
John Nichols

Awkward? Wisconsin's governor claims he's gotten 19,000 e-mails, many of them supportive of his plan to bust public unions. Then more than 80,000 Wisconsinites attend the largest rally yet to oppose it..

February 20, 2011
Jesse Jackson Tells 50,000 in Wisconsin: 'This is a Martin Luther King Moment!'
John Nichols

“When we fight, we win. We fight in Montgomery, we win. We fight in Selma, we win,” the veteran of the civil rights struggle tells union members and their supporters. “We march in Madison, Wisconsin, we win.”

February 19, 2011
'First Amendment Remedies': How Wisconsin Workers Grabbed the Constitution Back From the Right-Wing Royalists
John Nichols

Wisconsin teachers, state, county and municipal employees, small business owners and students have employed the right to peaceably assembly and to petition for the redress of grievances. And this small-"d" democratic strategy is working. Legislators are slowing down the rush to enact anti-labor legislation. This is what democracy looks like. And this is what the founders meant when they wrote the First Amendment.

February 18, 2011
ON WISCONSIN: Live Reports From Ground Zero for Labor Rights
John Nichols

LIVE reports from Wisconsin, where the governor is seeking to end collective bargaining, and tens of thousands of union members and their allies are rallying in opposition.

February 17, 2011
Wisconsin Crowds Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver
John Nichols

Governor Scott Walker wants to strip public employee unions of collective bargaining rights on Thursday. Teachers, students, state employees, firefighters and small business owners from every corner of the state have surrounded the Capitol for mass rallies in protest.

February 17, 2011
Tens of Thousands Protest Move by Wisconsin's Governor to Destroy Public Sector Unions
John Nichols

Republican Governor Scott Walker wants to strip state workers of their collective bargaining rights. Wisconsinites are fighting back.

February 15, 2011
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