What Will it Take to Overturn ‘Citizens United’? What Will it Take to Overturn ‘Citizens United’?
How can we stop money from running our elections?
Jan 9, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Republican Candidates Attack Labor Republican Candidates Attack Labor
Republican presidential candidates are demonizing unions while an ad from a pro-Gingrich group demonstrates how necessary they are.
It’s Scott Walker’s Party: How Anti-Union Zealotry Defines the GOP Race It’s Scott Walker’s Party: How Anti-Union Zealotry Defines the GOP Race
Republican presidential contenders love Wisconsin's anti-labor governor almost as much as they hate the NLRB and unions.
Jan 9, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
2011: Upending The Conversational Patterns That Will Matter in 2012 2011: Upending The Conversational Patterns That Will Matter in 2012
An expert on conversations gives new insight into the transitions of 2011 that give hope for the year ahead.
Jan 9, 2012 / Blog / Ilyse Hogue
Corporate Profits Up. Taxes Not. Corporate Profits Up. Taxes Not.
Corporate profits rose to a record $1.97 trillion in the third quarter of 2011. Corporate income tax payments did not. But it's not a matter of “Honey, I Shrunk Corporate Tax...
Jan 6, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
This Week in Poverty: TANF Is Broken This Week in Poverty: TANF Is Broken
Five things we learned about poverty in 2011—the first of a weekly series.
Jan 6, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Spencer Woodman: Can Walmart Be Unionized? Spencer Woodman: Can Walmart Be Unionized?
Faced with the retail giant's continued suppression and intimidation, Walmart workers have found untraditional ways to unionize.
Jan 5, 2012 / Audio / The Nation
Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers: What Went Wrong? Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers: What Went Wrong?
The UFW had two souls—the strike, and the boycott.
Jan 5, 2012 / Blog / Jon Wiener
Santorum’s Empty Rhetoric of Economic Populism Santorum’s Empty Rhetoric of Economic Populism
Liberals should not fall for Rick Santorum’s phony presentation as someone who cares about—or would do anything for—working-class Americans.
Cordray Expands CFPB Oversight and Promises A Tough Approach Cordray Expands CFPB Oversight and Promises A Tough Approach
On his first day on the job, Richard Cordray expanded the scope of the CFPB’s regulations to include many highly predatory financial outfits.
Jan 5, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick