Robert Reich on Occupy Wall Street: ‘You Can’t Stop This Once It’s Started’ Robert Reich on Occupy Wall Street: ‘You Can’t Stop This Once It’s Started’
In this new video series, Reich takes on corporate influence in the political system and economic inequality in a way that only the former secretary of labor can.
Nov 9, 2011 / MoveOn.org
Time to Disband the Supercommittee Time to Disband the Supercommittee
The vast majority of Americans want Congress to focus on jobs. So why is it still focused on deficit reduction—and making key budget decisions in secret?
Nov 9, 2011 / The Editors
The Agony and Ecstasy—and ‘Disgrace’—of Steve Jobs The Agony and Ecstasy—and ‘Disgrace’—of Steve Jobs
While our tech-obsessed media fondled their iPhones, it was left to a courageous monologist to discover the real legacy of Apple's founder.
Nov 9, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
How Greece Exposed Europe’s Potemkin Democracy How Greece Exposed Europe’s Potemkin Democracy
It’s not surprising that Greece’s proposed referendum elicited such outrage. Europe doesn’t work like that.
Nov 9, 2011 / Column / Gary Younge
Capitalism vs. the Climate Capitalism vs. the Climate
Denialists are dead wrong about the science. But they understand something the left still doesn’t get about the revolutionary meaning of climate change.
Nov 9, 2011 / Feature / Naomi Klein
Why Aren’t the Jobless Flocking to Zuccotti Park? Why Aren’t the Jobless Flocking to Zuccotti Park?
Blaming themselves for their plight, the unemployed don’t look to protest—or to government—for a way out.
Nov 9, 2011 / Feature / Louis Uchitelle
Stop the Big Bank Payday Predators Stop the Big Bank Payday Predators
A new report exposes how the big bank backing helps payday loan companies prey on the poor and veterans.
Nov 7, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The War Against the Poor The War Against the Poor
Occupy Wall Street has already made the concentration of wealth at the top a central issue. Now, it promises to do the same with the realities of poverty.
Nov 7, 2011 / Frances Fox Piven
War Against Government Workers Is Prolonging the Recession War Against Government Workers Is Prolonging the Recession
By arguing that public sector jobs aren't “real,” Republicans are making the bleak economic situation worse.
Nov 4, 2011 / Ari Berman
Nurses Prescribe a White House Rethink on Financial Transactions Tax Nurses Prescribe a White House Rethink on Financial Transactions Tax
National Nurses United and the AFL-CIO have been urging the White House to stop opposing a global financial transactions tax. It’s working.
Nov 3, 2011 / John Nichols