Learning What Unions Have to Teach Learning What Unions Have to Teach
In a lot of the talk about attacks on labor, the focus has been on electoral politics and cash. But doing away with unions does away with one of the only forms of popular e...
Mar 23, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Wake Up! End the Silence on Afghanistan Wake Up! End the Silence on Afghanistan
It's time to resolve the disconnect between public opinion and government policy towards Afghanistan.
Mar 23, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Slide Show: Milestones in Labor History Slide Show: Milestones in Labor History
What began as a rally in support of striking workers and the push for an eight-hour workday quickly turned into one of the worst police massacres in American history when a bo…
Mar 23, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
US Uncut’s Tax-Dodging Protests Go Global US Uncut’s Tax-Dodging Protests Go Global
There are now anti–tax dodging groups in the US, UK, France, Switzerland, Sudan, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Mexico and Australia. While the movement grows abroad,...
Mar 23, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
What Makes Saudi Arabia a ‘Good’ Tyranny? What Makes Saudi Arabia a ‘Good’ Tyranny?
How long will the US and its allies ignore the elephant in the room posed by an alliance for human rights and anti-terrorism with regimes in the Middle East that stand for neithe...
Mar 23, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Ten Calls From Congress for a Debate About War Ten Calls From Congress for a Debate About War
When it comes to President Obama's war of whim in Libya, Democrats and Republicans, liberals and libertarians are saying: The Constitution must be respected.
Mar 23, 2011 / John Nichols
Barack Obama, Oscar Romero and Structural Sin Barack Obama, Oscar Romero and Structural Sin
In El Salvador, Barack Obama pays tribute to Oscar Romero.
Mar 23, 2011 / Greg Grandin
Journalism Under Siege at Northwestern Journalism Under Siege at Northwestern
The suspension of a star professor raises very disturbing question about the future of one of the country’s foremost journalism schools.
Mar 23, 2011 / Ari Berman
Talking to the Taliban: Now’s the Time, Says Task Force Talking to the Taliban: Now’s the Time, Says Task Force
Obama's Afghanistan adviser backs new report on peace talks.
Mar 23, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Lester Brown: The Planet’s Scarcest Resource Is Time Lester Brown: The Planet’s Scarcest Resource Is Time
Already, eighteen countries are overpumping their aquifers, and few realize that in the event of a crisis, the US food supply would run out in three days.
Mar 22, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions