Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland
Clashes over the Occupy Oakland clearance leave an Iraq War veteran seriously wounded. As with the Bonus Army of 1932, vets who make economic demands at home find themselves u...
Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
It’s Time for Debt Forgiveness, American-Style It’s Time for Debt Forgiveness, American-Style
The nation’s largest banks are methodically harvesting the last possible pound of flesh from millions of homeowners. We should put a stop to it.
Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / William Greider
OWS Revives the Struggle for Economic Equality OWS Revives the Struggle for Economic Equality
Inspired by struggles overseas and in the past, the protests have brought the wealth gap back to the center of political debate.
Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / Sam Pizzigati
How to Be a 1 Percenter How to Be a 1 Percenter
To secure their privilege, the richest Americans resort to a range of maneuvers beyond the evasion of taxes and financial regulation.
Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / George Zornick
The Costs of Wall Street Greed The Costs of Wall Street Greed
The 99 percent have been footing the bill for too long. It’s time for the financial industry to pick up its own tab.
Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / Sarah Anderson
Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America
We are losing the war that has been waged by plutocrats against the poor over the past thirty years as wealth has been systematically flowing from the poor to the wealthy.
Oct 26, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Paul Ryan: Class Warrior for the Wealthy Paul Ryan: Class Warrior for the Wealthy
Paul Ryan's latest outlandish attack on President Obama proves he's a first-rate demagogue and phony deficit hawk.
Oct 26, 2011 / Blog / Ari Berman
Occupy Wall Street and the Pope Agree: It’s Time to Tax Speculators Occupy Wall Street and the Pope Agree: It’s Time to Tax Speculators
On the streets, at the Vatican, at the G-20, in Congress and in front of the US Treasury building: The call is rising for a financial transactions tax. It will get a lot louder in ...
Oct 26, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Yes, Virginia, There Is Income Inequality—Will the Supercommittee Admit It? Yes, Virginia, There Is Income Inequality—Will the Supercommittee Admit It?
A new study on income inequality might make some Republicans on the supercommittee awful uncomfortable today.
Oct 26, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick
Longview Labor on the Line Longview Labor on the Line
Workers at a port in Washington State are reviving strike tactics that have become nearly extinct in American labor struggles—and they may just win.
Oct 25, 2011 / Josh Eidelson