Bernie Sanders: Creating a Progressive America Bernie Sanders: Creating a Progressive America
Why is poverty invisible in the US?
Oct 17, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Why Cornel West Was Arrested in Memory of Martin Luther King Jr., in Support of Occupy Movement Why Cornel West Was Arrested in Memory of Martin Luther King Jr., in Support of Occupy Movement
On the day the King memorial was dedicated, Dr. Cornel West was arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court.
Oct 17, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
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 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
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 / Blog / John Nichols
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Win Showdown With Bloomberg Occupy Wall Street Protesters Win Showdown With Bloomberg
Mayor Mike ordered protesters to leave Liberty Park for scheduled cleaning. The activists refused, and the company that owns the park canceled the order.
Oct 14, 2011 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS
There's speculation that the mayor will try to clear Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is centered. Here's how New York’s labor...
Oct 13, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Street Heat Nation Street Heat Nation
From Salem to Salt Lake City, Occupy Wall Street is gathering energy and bursting outward.
Oct 13, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
If a Republican Were President If a Republican Were President
Obama has failed not because he is a progressive in the mold of Franklin Delano Roosevelt but because he is not.
Oct 13, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Obama Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Free Trade Obama Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Free Trade
Signing new deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia is bad economics and bad politics.
Oct 13, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
RIP, American Jobs Act RIP, American Jobs Act
Republicans successfully killed the American Jobs Act in the Senate—and the unemployed shouldn’t expect help anytime soon.
Oct 12, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick