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
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
‘First Amendment Remedies’: How Wisconsin Workers Grabbed the Constitution Back From the Right-Wing Royalists ‘First Amendment Remedies’: How Wisconsin Workers Grabbed the Constitution Back From the Right-Wing Royalists
Wisconsin teachers, state, county and municipal employees, small business owners and students have employed the right to peaceably assembly and to petition for the redress of griev...
Feb 18, 2011 / John Nichols
A Time for Resistance A Time for Resistance
Protests in Cairo and Wisconsin—and Stéphane Hessel's French bestseller Indignez-vous!—should serve as reminder of the power of outraged, united citizens to enac...
Feb 17, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Support Wisconsin Workers Support Wisconsin Workers
Join a virtual march protesting Scott Walker's assault on public workers.
Feb 17, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Walkouts, Payouts and Lockouts Walkouts, Payouts and Lockouts
Why the NFL's labor dispute should matter to you.
Feb 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
ON WISCONSIN: Live Reports From Ground Zero for Labor Rights ON WISCONSIN: Live Reports From Ground Zero for Labor Rights
LIVE reports from Wisconsin, where the governor is seeking to end collective bargaining, and tens of thousands of union members and their allies are rallying in opposition.
Feb 17, 2011 / John Nichols
Wisconsin Crowds Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver Wisconsin Crowds Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver
Governor Scott Walker wants to strip public employee unions of collective bargaining rights on Thursday. Teachers, students, state employees, firefighters and small business o...
Feb 17, 2011 / John Nichols
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 17, 2011 / Katha Pollitt
Cutting Defense: Obama, Gates Say No Cutting Defense: Obama, Gates Say No
A coalition of liberals, antiwar activists, Tea Party types and deficit hawks are getting out the axe for the Pentagon's bloated budget.
Feb 16, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss