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The NCAA: Poster Boy for Corruption and Exploitation

The NCAA: Poster Boy for Corruption and Exploitation The NCAA: Poster Boy for Corruption and Exploitation

The annual hoops hysteria known as March Madness generates a tidal wave of revenue—but the players don’t receive a dime of it.

Mar 12, 2013 / Feature / Dave Zirin

Our ‘Government of Laws’ Is Now Above the Law

Our ‘Government of Laws’ Is Now Above the Law Our ‘Government of Laws’ Is Now Above the Law

The US Attorney General has recently stated that drone strikes on Americans are possible and that banks complicit in the financial crisis are too big to prosecute.

Mar 12, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Paul Ryan’s Budget Means for Women

What Paul Ryan’s Budget Means for Women What Paul Ryan’s Budget Means for Women

Short version: a huge reduction in many of the programs they rely on.

Mar 12, 2013 / Blog / Bryce Covert

If Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Why Should You?

If Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Why Should You? If Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Why Should You?

The tax savings of 19 US companies that park their money abroad would be more than enough to cover the $85 billion sequester cuts.

Mar 12, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Paul Ryan’s Bumper-Sticker-Slogan Budget

Paul Ryan’s Bumper-Sticker-Slogan Budget Paul Ryan’s Bumper-Sticker-Slogan Budget

The Budget Committee chairman has produced a budget that only makes sense to the conservative base. And that’s fine by him.

Mar 12, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

Beware the Sequestrationator!

Beware the Sequestrationator! Beware the Sequestrationator!

Can the Kenyan Marxist save America from demolecuralization? 

Mar 12, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow

A Recommitment to the American Ideal That Labor Rights Are Human Rights

A Recommitment to the American Ideal That Labor Rights Are Human Rights A Recommitment to the American Ideal That Labor Rights Are Human Rights

While unions have taken a battering in recent years, the US once exported labor rights to the world.

Mar 11, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

The Paid Sick Leave Battle Widens in the States

The Paid Sick Leave Battle Widens in the States The Paid Sick Leave Battle Widens in the States

Progressives are making real headway on mandatory paid sick leave at the local level—but the conservative pushback is on. 

Mar 8, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick

John Nichols: How Can the Republican Obstructionists Be Defeated?

John Nichols: How Can the Republican Obstructionists Be Defeated? John Nichols: How Can the Republican Obstructionists Be Defeated?

President Obama wined and dined Republicans to talk policy bargains. Who’s getting served?

Mar 8, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room

This Week in Poverty: ‘A Place at the Table’ and ‘American Winter’

This Week in Poverty: ‘A Place at the Table’ and ‘American Winter’ This Week in Poverty: ‘A Place at the Table’ and ‘American Winter’

Two new documentaries take a hard look at the struggles of low-income and middle class families to access the basics—like food, housing, healthcare and education.

Mar 8, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

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