Occupy Joins Forces With Direct Action Badasses, ACT UP Occupy Joins Forces With Direct Action Badasses, ACT UP
Like OWS, ACT UP used direct action against government agencies and corporations—and were vilified in the press for it.
Apr 23, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
This Week: BP’s Toxic Legacy. PLUS: Save Earth Day! This Week: BP’s Toxic Legacy. PLUS: Save Earth Day!
This week, a special investigation into BP's toxic legacy. Plus, I'm at the first ever New York City Green Festival, followed by the LA Times Book Festival. And, environmenta...
Apr 21, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sunday Talk Shows Still Skew Right and White, but There’s Light at the End of the Week Sunday Talk Shows Still Skew Right and White, but There’s Light at the End of the Week
Up with Chris Hayes and Melissa Harris-Perry are diverse in terms of gender, race and parts of the brain utilized.
Apr 20, 2012 / Leslie Savan
Dogwhistling From the Romney Campaign? Dogwhistling From the Romney Campaign?
Honestly, it was only a matter of time.
Apr 20, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie
How Mississippi’s Black/Brown Strategy Beat the South’s Anti-Immigrant Wave How Mississippi’s Black/Brown Strategy Beat the South’s Anti-Immigrant Wave
A campaign that brought together African-Americans and undocumented workers stopped an anti-immigrant bill in its tracks.
Apr 20, 2012 / David Bacon
Independent and Principled? Behind the Cato Myth Independent and Principled? Behind the Cato Myth
The battle between the Cato Institute and the Koch brothers for control over the conservative think tank has further entrenched the risible notion that the group regularly defies t...
Apr 20, 2012 / Mark Ames
Comments of the Week: Hillary Clinton, ALEC and ‘Caring Across Generations’ Comments of the Week: Hillary Clinton, ALEC and ‘Caring Across Generations’
Each week we post a run-down of the best of our reader comments with the hopes of highlighting some of your most valuable insights and encouraging more people to join the fray. Let...
Apr 20, 2012 / Sarah Arnold
Not Just Labor Rights; Scott Walker Is Also Dismantling Women’s Rights Not Just Labor Rights; Scott Walker Is Also Dismantling Women’s Rights
Wisconsin's governor is not just attacking labor rights, and voting rights, he's attacking access to reproductive rights. And Wisconsin women are losing some vital Planned Pa...
Apr 20, 2012 / John Nichols
US Border Patrol’s Excessive Force [VIDEO] US Border Patrol’s Excessive Force [VIDEO]
The deaths of eight people along the US-Mexican border in two years raises questions about the US Border Patrol’s excessive use of force.
Apr 20, 2012 / Press Room
Corporate-Funded Conservative Propaganda Machine Distorts Obama’s Record Corporate-Funded Conservative Propaganda Machine Distorts Obama’s Record
Karl Rove and the Koch brothers want to promote falsehoods about Obama’s policies.
Apr 20, 2012 / Ben Adler