This Week: Inside Elizabeth Warren’s Senate Campaign. PLUS: Welcome Jessica Valenti; Allison Kilkenny This Week: Inside Elizabeth Warren’s Senate Campaign. PLUS: Welcome Jessica Valenti; Allison Kilkenny
This week, E.J. Graff goes inside Elizabeth Warren's Senate campaign. Plus, John Nichols honored for career achievement, and we welcome bloggers Jessica Valenti and Allison K...
Apr 7, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Just Pressure ALEC’s Sponsors, Name and Shame ALEC Legislators Don’t Just Pressure ALEC’s Sponsors, Name and Shame ALEC Legislators
Now that corporations have begun to cut their ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council, citizens have a right and a responsibility to demand that elected state represent...
Apr 7, 2012 / John Nichols
Comments of the Week: Student Loans, Elizabeth Warren and the Affordable Care Act Comments of the Week: Student Loans, Elizabeth Warren and the Affordable Care Act
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 6, 2012 / Sarah Arnold
Preserving the Bounty: Gregg Williams, the Saints, and the Audio the NFL Wants You to Hear Preserving the Bounty: Gregg Williams, the Saints, and the Audio the NFL Wants You to Hear
Audio of Gregg Williams imploring players to violence only preserves the status quo.
Apr 6, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Tell Your Senators to Pass the Rebuild America Act Tell Your Senators to Pass the Rebuild America Act
One key provision of Sen. Tom Harkin's Rebuild America Act calls for raising the minimum wage to $9.80—a 35 percent hike—and pegging the wage to inflation.
Apr 6, 2012 / NationAction
March Jobs Report: We’re Treading Dangerous Waters March Jobs Report: We’re Treading Dangerous Waters
The recovery is barely moving forward, yet the government is unwilling or unable to give it a push.
Apr 6, 2012 / George Zornick
How the Affordable Care Act Saves Lives How the Affordable Care Act Saves Lives
If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act in its entirety, its message to the country, including the millions of people dying needless deaths, will be, “Let t...
Apr 6, 2012 / Maya Wiley
VIDEO: Are American Jews’ Views Towards Israel Changing? VIDEO: Are American Jews’ Views Towards Israel Changing?
Just in time for Passover, a difficult but necessary intergenerational conversation about Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Apr 6, 2012 / Dana Goldstein
Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring
Occupiers respond to the 99 Percent Spring, a movement aiming to recruit and train 100,000 Americans to learn the ways of non-violent direct action.
Apr 6, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
This Week in Poverty: How to Get Involved This Week in Poverty: How to Get Involved
Looking to join the fight against poverty? Start right here.
Apr 6, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann