John Nichols: Wisconsin May Now Have a Pro-Labor Senate Majority John Nichols: Wisconsin May Now Have a Pro-Labor Senate Majority
John Nichols explains why last night's recall elections in Wisconsin were a victory for progressives.
Aug 10, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
As Go Unions, So Goes the Middle Class As Go Unions, So Goes the Middle Class
The fate of America’s unions and the fate of our middle class are inextricably intertwined.
Aug 10, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So
The journalist blames teachers unions, not economic inequality, for students’ failure to achieve.
Aug 10, 2011 / Feature / Dana Goldstein
As Go Unions, So Goes The Middle Class As Go Unions, So Goes The Middle Class
The fate of America's unions and the fate of our middle class are inextricably intertwined.
Aug 10, 2011 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
Change the Debate Change the Debate
Obama must stop searching for common ground—and start defining higher ground.
Aug 10, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors
Subprime Contagion Subprime Contagion
Is America finally learning that extreme inequality isn't just bad for those at the bottom—it’s ruinous for those on top, too?
Aug 10, 2011 / Editorial / Chris Hayes
Downgrading Democracy Downgrading Democracy
When Congress, the president and the media run roughshod over popular will and citizen action, small-d democracy pays the price.
Aug 10, 2011 / Editorial / Ilyse Hogue
Why We Aren’t Like Greece Why We Aren’t Like Greece
Deficit hawks argue that excessive government spending drives the US’s debt woes. They're wrong.
Aug 10, 2011 / Editorial / Dean Baker
The Real Problem with the Congressional ‘Super-Committee’ The Real Problem with the Congressional ‘Super-Committee’
The scope of the debt-reduction committee, rather than who’s on it, is what should most worry progressives.
Aug 10, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Another Bailout Joins the Goofball Economy Another Bailout Joins the Goofball Economy
The economy is a shambles, saved from a free fall only by the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented promise of free money for banks for at least two years.
Aug 10, 2011 / Robert Scheer