Melissa Harris-Perry: The Occupy Movement Takes On Classroom Inequality Melissa Harris-Perry: The Occupy Movement Takes On Classroom Inequality
One out of five American children live in poverty. Among them, 40 percent of African-American children and 35 percent of Hispanic children live below the poverty line. We know this...
Nov 1, 2011 / Press Room
Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change
Katrina's first book, The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama, examines the systemic dysfunction that plagues American politics.
Oct 31, 2011 / Press Room
Ari Berman: Paul Ryan Is a ‘Class Warrior for the Wealthy’ Ari Berman: Paul Ryan Is a ‘Class Warrior for the Wealthy’
Paul Ryan doesn't have his facts straight when it comes to our nation's widening class divide.
Oct 31, 2011 / Press Room
Katrina vanden Heuvel to Obama: ‘Let’s Fight for the People’ Katrina vanden Heuvel to Obama: ‘Let’s Fight for the People’
Katrina vanden Heuvel accuses Paul Ryan of pandering to Washington's "austerity class"—and argues that the President needs to stand with the majority of Americ...
Oct 28, 2011 / Press Room
Katrina vanden Heuvel: End Corporate Personhood Katrina vanden Heuvel: End Corporate Personhood
A very specific and concrete proposal has caught on like wildfire in Occupy encampments across the nation: Amend the Constitution to end corporate personhood.
Oct 28, 2011 / Press Room
Melissa Harris-Perry: Mississippi’s Attempt to Limit Women’s Reproductive Rights Melissa Harris-Perry: Mississippi’s Attempt to Limit Women’s Reproductive Rights
A Constitutional amendment is on the November 8 ballot in Mississippi which wants to amend the Bill of Rights to declare a fertilized human egg as a legal person.
Oct 27, 2011 / Press Room
Who Is Funding the Wildest School Board Election in the Country? Who Is Funding the Wildest School Board Election in the Country?
Why are conservative interest groups—including representatives of the oil and gas industry—taking sides in a local Denver school board election?
Oct 26, 2011 / Press Room
Chris Hedges: Occupy Wall Street Wants to ‘Reverse the Corporate Coup de Tat’ Chris Hedges: Occupy Wall Street Wants to ‘Reverse the Corporate Coup de Tat’
We cannot sustain ourselves if we don't confront the corporate state.
Oct 26, 2011 / Press Room
Stephen Cohen: Will a Putin Presidency Be Good for Russia? Stephen Cohen: Will a Putin Presidency Be Good for Russia?
Why does the mainstream media assume that a Putin presidency would have a detrimental effect on both the Russian people and American diplomacy?
Oct 18, 2011 / Press Room
Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics
Nation sports columnist Dave Zirin takes on the controversy surrounding Williams's comments in a spirited debate on ESPN yesterday.
Oct 7, 2011 / Press Room