Hundreds of Argentina Walmart Employees Went on Strike in Solidarity With US Co-Workers Hundreds of Argentina Walmart Employees Went on Strike in Solidarity With US Co-Workers
Protestors in Argentina hope international pressure can end Walmart's union-busting in the US.
Dec 21, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
Watching ‘The House I Live In’ on Rikers Island Watching ‘The House I Live In’ on Rikers Island
Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki is on a mission to show his Sundance-award winning movie, The House I Live In, to prisoners across the country. On a Friday in December, he went to New Yor...
Dec 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Liliana Segura
Backfire: The Disgusting NRA Press Conference Backfire: The Disgusting NRA Press Conference
Wayne LaPierre failed to offer a reasonable alternative to gun control—and worse, made his opposition seem downright villainish.
Dec 21, 2012 / George Zornick
Remembering Ten We Lost in 2012 Remembering Ten We Lost in 2012
Ten of the notable individuals we lost in 2012.
Dec 21, 2012 / The Nation
Guns and Roses Guns and Roses
Once again, the media has absolutely failed us in keeping our government accountable on gun policy.
Dec 21, 2012 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Clinton and Gramm: Crony Capitalism’s Power Couple Clinton and Gramm: Crony Capitalism’s Power Couple
Former senator Phil Gramm helped pass laws that let the banks go wild, yet he’s stayed silent on UBS’s crimes.
Dec 21, 2012 / Robert Scheer
2012: The Year Our Sports Broke 2012: The Year Our Sports Broke
A series of awful stories topped the Associated Press’s “sports stories of the year.”
Dec 21, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Boehner’s Choice Boehner’s Choice
The failure of Plan B has put the House Speaker in a tough position.
Dec 21, 2012 / George Zornick
This Week in Poverty: US Single Mothers—’The Worst Off’ This Week in Poverty: US Single Mothers—’The Worst Off’
Despite working more hours than their peers in other high-income countries, single mothers in the US have higher poverty rates.
Dec 21, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Speaker Boehner Loses It Speaker Boehner Loses It
The Speaker's own House Repulicans abandoned him in the Plan B vote. But the American people already abandoned Boehner and the Republicans on November 6.
Dec 21, 2012 / John Nichols