Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law
Even as Republican presidential contenders stake out extreme anti-labor positions in New Hampshire, unions in that state have succeeded in blocking an anti-union “Right-to-Wo...
Nov 30, 2011 / John Nichols
The Myth of the Self-Loathing Liberal The Myth of the Self-Loathing Liberal
Jonathan Chait has it backwards: Progressives' problem has been too much loyalty to the President, not too little.
Nov 30, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Anti-‘Too Big to Fail’ Jon Huntsman Nails Romney as Wall Street’s Man Anti-‘Too Big to Fail’ Jon Huntsman Nails Romney as Wall Street’s Man
Taking the position of former Senator Russ Feingold, former Utah governor positions himself as the anti-bankster candidate -- and a serious alternative to over-the-top corporatism ...
Nov 30, 2011 / John Nichols
Is Obama ‘Abandoning’ the White Working Class? Is Obama ‘Abandoning’ the White Working Class?
Conservatives are completely misrepresenting a study of the electorate.
Nov 30, 2011 / Ben Adler
Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich
It’s more than just their distaste for Mitt Romney. Gingrich appeals to conservatives with his extreme denunciations of liberals.
Nov 29, 2011 / Ben Adler
Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures
Two weeks into the drive to remove Scott Walker, more than half the required signatures have been gathered.
Nov 29, 2011 / John Nichols
Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures as Rural Counties Turn Against Anti-Labor Governor Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures as Rural Counties Turn Against Anti-Labor Governor
Labor and community activists need 540,000 signatures to recall Walker. After 2 weeks (and with 6 weeks to go) they're more than half way to their goal.
Nov 29, 2011 / John Nichols
Politicians Who Hate Politics Politicians Who Hate Politics
Self-interested "centrists" ask the public to step aside and let them run things.
Nov 28, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
Gingrich and Romney Endorsements Are Based on False Assumptions Gingrich and Romney Endorsements Are Based on False Assumptions
Newspaper editorial boards from Wall Street to Manchester, NH, have started backing leading Republicans—but their underlying facts are wrong.
Nov 28, 2011 / Ben Adler
‘Dear Jenny: I Fired Your Mom and Put You to Work to Help You “Rise.” Love, Newt’ ‘Dear Jenny: I Fired Your Mom and Put You to Work to Help You “Rise.” Love, Newt’
Yes! A new ad campaign rips Gingrich’s cruel proposal to fire janitors and replace them with child labor.
Nov 25, 2011 / John Nichols