Conservatives Griping About Obama’s Thanksgiving Proclamation: Try a Helping of FDR Conservatives Griping About Obama’s Thanksgiving Proclamation: Try a Helping of FDR
Obama’s modestly enlightened statement has right-wingers in a tizzy. What would they say about Roosevelt’s proclamations decrying greed and celebrating “our sense...
Nov 22, 2012 / John Nichols
Black Friday Strike Will Test the Power of High-Stakes Online Organizing Black Friday Strike Will Test the Power of High-Stakes Online Organizing
Will Facebook conversations mobilize workers to strike?
Nov 22, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
Josh Eidelson: Walmart Is a Pioneer in Unionbusting Josh Eidelson: Walmart Is a Pioneer in Unionbusting
If the Walmart workers can win, it will send a message to low-wage, anti-labor corporations everywhere.
Nov 21, 2012 / Press Room
Washington’s Role in the Renewed Violence in DR Congo Washington’s Role in the Renewed Violence in DR Congo
The predators of the M23 Movement are sustained by Rwanda—which is itself backed by the United States and an uncritical Western media.
Nov 21, 2012 / James North
An Anti-Poverty Thanksgiving An Anti-Poverty Thanksgiving
What some leaders in the fight against poverty are thinking about this Thanksgiving.
Nov 21, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
What Took So Long? Explaining Arizona’s Ballot Count Fiasco What Took So Long? Explaining Arizona’s Ballot Count Fiasco
Arizona is still counting ballots cast more than two weeks ago—but why did it issue so many provisional ballots to begin with?
Nov 21, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch
The Choice to End Poverty The Choice to End Poverty
A new report from the Half in Ten campaign demonstrates—once again—that we know what to do to dramatically reduce poverty. The question remains: Will we do it?
Nov 21, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
The Rockets’ Red Glare in Israel The Rockets’ Red Glare in Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack on Gaza has stoked a fever pitch of hard-line nationalism.
Nov 21, 2012 / Jesse Rosenfeld
Bernanke for Treasury Secretary? Bernanke for Treasury Secretary?
The Fed chairman has been making the case for jobless Americans that normally in the past is made most strenuously by liberal Democrats.
Nov 20, 2012 / William Greider
The GOP’s Voter Suppression Strategy The GOP’s Voter Suppression Strategy
It didn’t work for Republicans in this election—but their war on voting is far from dead.
Nov 20, 2012 / Ari Berman