Time for Outrage! Time for Outrage!
On the American publication of Stéphane Hessel’s Indignez-vous!
Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Charles Glass
Indignez-vous! Indignez-vous!
In the first English translation of a cri de coeur that has topped bestseller lists for months in France, the 93-year-old hero of the French Resistance urges a new generation to re...
Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Stephane Hessel
Slide Show: Who’s Behind Egypt’s Revolution? Slide Show: Who’s Behind Egypt’s Revolution?
Egypt’s revolution, still unfolding, is not a leaderless one. At the core of the movement that turned out hundreds of thousands in Tahrir Square, in Cairo’s suburbs and…
Feb 16, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
The Betrayal of Public Workers The Betrayal of Public Workers
It’s not only bad politics for states to use budget crises to bust unions—it’s also bad economics.
Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Robert Pollin and Jeffrey Thompson
Labor’s Last Stand Labor’s Last Stand
As the showdown in Wisconsin demonstrates, progressives must embrace the government workers’ struggle as our own—or else.
Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Jane McAlevey
Green Bay Packers Sound Off Against Gov. Scott ‘Hosni’ Walker Green Bay Packers Sound Off Against Gov. Scott ‘Hosni’ Walker
Gov. Scott Walker is learning the hard way: you can't praise the Green Bay Packers on a Monday and threaten workers on Tuesday, and expect the Pack to be silent.
Feb 16, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Obama Should Be Ashamed of His Budget Obama Should Be Ashamed of His Budget
“This freeze would cut the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, bringing this kind of spending -- domestic discretionary spending -- to its lowest share of...
Feb 16, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Mayor to Judge: Drop Dead Mayor to Judge: Drop Dead
New York State Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane Goodman's rulings regularly raise hackles, but now Mayor Bloomberg is getting in on the act.
Feb 16, 2011 / Katha Pollitt
Bill McKibben: Climate Change Is Our Most Urgent Challenge Bill McKibben: Climate Change Is Our Most Urgent Challenge
The severe weather now reshaping how we live will only intensify if we ignore the damage we're doing to the planet.
Feb 16, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
A Prayer for America A Prayer for America
Imagine an America which stands not in pursuit of an axis of evil, but which is itself at the axis of peace and freedom.
Feb 16, 2011 / Dennis Kucinich