Can Educating Consumers Help Make Farm Labor Fair? Can Educating Consumers Help Make Farm Labor Fair?
The traditional labor movement is hitting roadblocks trying to organize farmworkers. But campaigns that push the bounds of union organizing are finding success, on and off the farm...
Sep 20, 2011 / Michelle Chen
SEC Launches Major Investigation Into S&P Downgrade SEC Launches Major Investigation Into S&P Downgrade
Inquiries from the SEC into the federal credit downgrade might reveal a relationship between rating agencies and Wall Street that goes beyond cozy to criminal.
Sep 20, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick
Kathy Hochul Takes a Stand Against Free Trade Kathy Hochul Takes a Stand Against Free Trade
The Democrats’ new star had some tough words for Obama and the Democratic Party on upcoming free trade deals.
Sep 19, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick
The Devilish Detail of Obama’s Speech: Deep Medicare, Medicaid Cuts The Devilish Detail of Obama’s Speech: Deep Medicare, Medicaid Cuts
The president plans to cut “waste, fraud and abuse,” but his proposal would in practice harm the neediest.
Sep 19, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Fighting Poverty Now Fighting Poverty Now
Last week's poverty figures made the media take notice of our historic poverty rate. Here's what we should do about it.
Sep 19, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Wisconsin Governor Walker Stonewalls as FBI Raids Home of Top Political Aide Wisconsin Governor Walker Stonewalls as FBI Raids Home of Top Political Aide
A burgeoning “John Doe” probe targets anti-labor governor's political appointees.
Sep 19, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits
Headlining Wisconsin's Fighting Bob Fest, the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country, the Vermont senator drew the loudest cheers for a stern warning to the presid...
Sep 18, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
#OccupyWallStreet: Searching for Hope in America #OccupyWallStreet: Searching for Hope in America
Hundreds of protesters demand an end to America’s two-tier system that allows the rich to buy elections while the poor shoulder the burden of budget cuts.
Sep 17, 2011 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
This Week: The Food Movement at 40. PLUS: Get ‘Up with Chris Hayes’ This Week: The Food Movement at 40. PLUS: Get ‘Up with Chris Hayes’
This week, The Nation’s special issue takes stock of the food movement at 40. Plus, “ALEC Exposed” wins a Sidney, Chris Hayes’s new show debuts on MSNBC, an...
Sep 16, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
House Republicans Pass the ‘Outsourcers Bill of Rights’ House Republicans Pass the ‘Outsourcers Bill of Rights’
A bill passed by the House of Representatives could have some frightenting impacts for American workers if enacted.
Sep 16, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick