Aaron Rodgers: We Need Your Voice for Wisconsin’s Working Families Aaron Rodgers: We Need Your Voice for Wisconsin’s Working Families
There are many indications that Aaron Rodgers supports the protesters in Wisconsin. But at this critical moment we need more than indications.
Feb 19, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Jesse Jackson Tells 50,000 in Wisconsin: ‘This is a Martin Luther King Moment!’ Jesse Jackson Tells 50,000 in Wisconsin: ‘This is a Martin Luther King Moment!’
“When we fight, we win. We fight in Montgomery, we win. We fight in Selma, we win,” the veteran of the civil rights struggle tells union members and their supporters. &...
Feb 19, 2011 / John Nichols
This Week at TheNation.com This Week at TheNation.com
This week at TheNation.com, we're standing up for workers in Wisconsin. Plus: we welcome guest blogger Laila Lalami.
Feb 19, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Protests In Pictures Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Protests In Pictures
Shortly after taking office in January, Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor, Scott Walker, began an attack on public workers, submitting a proposal to strip public employees…
Feb 18, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
US Uncut Takes the Stage US Uncut Takes the Stage
US Uncut chapters are planning demonstrations on February 26 at Bank of America locations nationwide.
Feb 18, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Wisconsin’s Walker Is Trying to Silence His Political Foes Wisconsin’s Walker Is Trying to Silence His Political Foes
On Democracy Now!, Nichols says that rolling back Wisconsin's collective bargaining protections has little to do with economics and everything to do with politics.
Feb 18, 2011 / Press Room
Can Egypt’s Internet Movement Be Exported? Can Egypt’s Internet Movement Be Exported?
In his new book, Evgeny Morozov calls on the US government to reassess its technology sector, which is now yoked to the geopolitics of several pro-democracy uprisings.
Feb 18, 2011 / Ari Melber
The Muslim Brotherhood in Transition The Muslim Brotherhood in Transition
Far from being a monolith, the Ikhwan, as it is known in Arabic, is well scored by demographic and ideological fault lines.
Feb 18, 2011 / Stephen Glain
Katrina vanden Heuvel: To Create Jobs, We Need Spending Katrina vanden Heuvel: To Create Jobs, We Need Spending
When there are 25 million people out of work, underemployed, seeking work, Katrina vanden Heuvel says, nobody should be talking about cutting vital services to the most vulnerabl...
Feb 18, 2011 / CNN
The Breakdown: Is the Federal Deficit Actually Bad for Our Economy? The Breakdown: Is the Federal Deficit Actually Bad for Our Economy?
Would getting rid of the federal deficit be the silver bullet for our ailing economy? Robert Pollin explains why the standard arguments against deficit spending don't tell the whol...
Feb 18, 2011 / Chris Hayes