The Fight in Fitzwalkerstan: Will Legislators Stand With Walker or Wisconsin? The Fight in Fitzwalkerstan: Will Legislators Stand With Walker or Wisconsin?
Governor Scott Walker and his allies are renewing their assault on collective bargaining—with plans to insert anti-labor language in the state budget. Will responsible Republ...
Jun 14, 2011 / John Nichols
The Five Smartest Congressional Bills You’ve Never Heard Of The Five Smartest Congressional Bills You’ve Never Heard Of
There are some seriously progressive initiatives underway in the 112th Congress, and they deserve more attention than they're getting.
Jun 14, 2011 / Ryan Rafaty
Slide Show: Five Bills Congress Should Pass This Session Slide Show: Five Bills Congress Should Pass This Session
Jun 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Stomachs Too Big to Fail Stomachs Too Big to Fail
A person can only eat so much, but the craving for money is boundless—the purse, not the belly, is the void that is never filled.
Jun 13, 2011 / Lewis Lapham
This Week: How Would You Change Capitalism? PLUS: On Weinergate: A Debate This Week: How Would You Change Capitalism? PLUS: On Weinergate: A Debate
This week, we ask: how would you change American capitalism? Plus, week 2 of WikiLeaks Haiti coverage.
Jun 10, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
WikiLeaks Haiti: A Response to Levi Strauss WikiLeaks Haiti: A Response to Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss objects to our story on Haiti's minimum wage increase. We stand by our original reporting and set the record straight on what we did and did not say.
Jun 10, 2011 / The Editors
US Uncut, Yes Men to Bust Corporate Tax Dodgers in Cayman Islands US Uncut, Yes Men to Bust Corporate Tax Dodgers in Cayman Islands
The two activist groups are getting the band back together to pull off another attention-grabbing mission: a fact-finding hunt in the Cayman Islands to expose the tax dodging ways ...
Jun 10, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
Slide Show: 16 Bold Ideas for a New Economy Slide Show: 16 Bold Ideas for a New Economy
Jun 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Fraud in Fitzwalkerstan: A Legislator is Lying Fraud in Fitzwalkerstan: A Legislator is Lying
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's allies are pointing fingers of blame at one another as a scheme to run fraudulent candidates comes to light.
Jun 9, 2011 / John Nichols
Nation Conversations: Mark Sorkin and William Greider on Reimagining Capitalism Nation Conversations: Mark Sorkin and William Greider on Reimagining Capitalism
The political and economic system is broken. It's time we step back and rethink how we can make capitalism work for us.
Jun 9, 2011 / The Nation