Tens of Thousands Rally in Wisconsin to Declare: ‘This Fight is NOT Over!’ Tens of Thousands Rally in Wisconsin to Declare: ‘This Fight is NOT Over!’
Governor Scott Walker still has not implemented his agenda and thousands of Wisconsinites filled the streets of Madison and other cities Saturday to say they are goi...
May 16, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Conservatives Try (and Fail) to Paint Unions as Bad for Black People Conservatives Try (and Fail) to Paint Unions as Bad for Black People
Conservatives have attacked unions as bad for African Americans, but the truth is that civil rights and the labor movement have gone hand-in-hand for decades.
May 13, 2011 / The Notion / Jamelle Bouie
Massive Wall Street Protest Draws Over 20,000 Massive Wall Street Protest Draws Over 20,000
Tens of thousands of protesters descended upon Wall Street to demand an end to Mayor Bloomberg's draconian budget cuts and his cozy relationship with billion-dollar corporations.
May 13, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny
Ohio: A New Kind of Battleground Ohio: A New Kind of Battleground
Facing a state budget that guts public jobs and services, a progressive coalition comes alive.
May 11, 2011 / Feature / Amy Hanauer
US Uncut Targets Corporate Tax Evaders US Uncut Targets Corporate Tax Evaders
The fast-growing protest group believes that instead of asking citizens to sacrifice, government should demand that corporations pay their taxes.
May 11, 2011 / Feature / Allison Kilkenny
A Fair Tax on Millionaires A Fair Tax on Millionaires
Why should those worth hundreds of millions pay tax at the same rate as those who are middle class?
May 11, 2011 / Feature / Mark Engler
No Free Ride for Finance No Free Ride for Finance
A financial activities tax (FAT) would encourage long-term investing and help plug budget deficits. Can states rally to pass them?
May 11, 2011 / Feature / Dean Baker
US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger
On April 30, US Uncut protesters came to New York CIty to hold classes in lobbies of one of the biggest corporate tax dodgers in the US: Bank of America.
May 11, 2011 / Video / The Nation
How Mississippi’s Floods Highlight America’s Inequality How Mississippi’s Floods Highlight America’s Inequality
Major disasters show us how interdependent people are in this country and force us to better understand how we can work together in communities and in government.
May 10, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Badgering Students to Fork Over Alumni Donations Badgering Students to Fork Over Alumni Donations
A University of Pennsylvania student describes the pressure to begin alumni donations—even before he's picked up his diploma.
May 10, 2011 / StudentNation / Aaron Ross