8 Questions for Michele Bachmann 8 Questions for Michele Bachmann
Bachmann is criticizing the front-runners in the hopes of getting more attention. Here are some questions she could be asked at Tuesday’s debate in Las Vegas.
Oct 17, 2011 / Ben Adler
‘The First Amendment Is Our Permit’ ‘The First Amendment Is Our Permit’
Sign on to RootsAction’s petition to the nation’s mayors and police chiefs affirming your support for the right to unfettered peaceful protest.
Oct 16, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Pack Times Square Occupy Wall Street Protesters Pack Times Square
Thousands of Occupy Wall Street activists flooded Times Square on Saturday in a dramatic protest against the upper one percent.
Oct 16, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
The Anita Hill Hearings: When ‘Just Life’ Became Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Harassment Became Wrong The Anita Hill Hearings: When ‘Just Life’ Became Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Harassment Became Wrong
Twenty years after Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the sexual harassment she’d experienced working for Clarence Thomas, the facts of the hear...
Oct 16, 2011 / Emily Douglas
Nation Conversations: Liliana Segura and Laurie Penny on Hacktivism and Social Change Nation Conversations: Liliana Segura and Laurie Penny on Hacktivism and Social Change
From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, 2011 will be remembered as a year of youthful mass movements and popular revolts—none of which could have occurred without the surreptit...
Oct 15, 2011 / The Nation
Budgeting for the 99 Percent Budgeting for the 99 Percent
America is not broke. But it has broken priorities. The Congressional Progressive Caucus has the right fix: save trillions, put Americans back to work and protect Medicare, Medicai...
Oct 15, 2011 / John Nichols
In the Recent Free Trade Deals, What About Colombian Workers? In the Recent Free Trade Deals, What About Colombian Workers?
Promises made during the recent debate over a free trade deal with Colombia aren’t likely to be kept.
Oct 14, 2011 / George Zornick
After Zuccotti Park: Seven Privately Owned Public Spaces to Occupy Next After Zuccotti Park: Seven Privately Owned Public Spaces to Occupy Next
If Zuccotti Park falls, where will the Occupy Wall Street movement move next?
Oct 14, 2011 / Francis Reynolds
The Weekly Standard, National Review and the ’53 Percent’ Meet Occupy Wall Street The Weekly Standard, National Review and the ’53 Percent’ Meet Occupy Wall Street
Conservative pundits are misrepresenting everything about the Occupy Wall Street, from their views to their legal right to be in Zuccotti Park.
Oct 14, 2011 / Ben Adler
Is Obama Pulling Out the Rug on Defense Cuts? Is Obama Pulling Out the Rug on Defense Cuts?
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told Congress yesterday that President Obama opposes any further reductions in defense spending.
Oct 14, 2011 / George Zornick