IU Community Joins NYC Seminar IU Community Joins NYC Seminar
Students in Indiana gathered to tune into a national teach-in holding corporations, banks and political parties responsible for the economic situation facing America today.
Apr 5, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation
National Teach-In Inspires a Fight Against ‘Corporatocracy’ National Teach-In Inspires a Fight Against ‘Corporatocracy’
Students gathered at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to participate in a national teach-in hosted by Frances Fox Piven and Cornel West.
Apr 5, 2011 / StudentNation / Robert Reynolds
From Memphis to Madison: Civil Rights, Labor Rights, Voting Rights From Memphis to Madison: Civil Rights, Labor Rights, Voting Rights
The Rev. Jesse Jackson makes the connection between struggles for collective bargaining rights in 1968 and 2011. And he urges the citizens of Wisconsin to honor Dr. King by vo...
Apr 5, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Bonuses for Bosses at Killer Corporations? Bonuses for Bosses at Killer Corporations?
Eleven workers dead, untold volumes of sea life poisoned and more than 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the sea. If that’s what a historically good safety ...
Apr 4, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
In Search of the Lost Battalion of America’s Unemployed In Search of the Lost Battalion of America’s Unemployed
The news media these days look to outperform one another in their showings of concern for the lost battalion of America’s unemployed. Consult any newspaper, wander the Intern...
Apr 4, 2011 / Lewis Lapham
The Resistance Has Begun The Resistance Has Begun
The rich got too greedy and took to much, and now average Americans are fighting back—not by looking to their leaders but by physically occupying banks, streets and state Cap...
Apr 4, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny
Manning Marable: A Public Intellectual in the Service of Democracy Manning Marable: A Public Intellectual in the Service of Democracy
The great scholar of the African-American political experience urged us: “If we can dare to dream politically, let us dream of the world as it should be.”
Apr 2, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Big Turnout Expected as Today’s Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Tests Union Political Power Big Turnout Expected as Today’s Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Tests Union Political Power
A contest between a conservative state Supreme Court Justice closely allied with Governor Walker and a challenger backed by labor provides a stark choice.
Apr 2, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
2011 Budget Cuts: A Matter of Life and Death 2011 Budget Cuts: A Matter of Life and Death
For thousands of protesting Americans, their state budget cuts aren't merely an inconvenience, they're a matter of survival.
Apr 2, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny
Tax Havens: Bigger Than You Think, Closer to Home Than You Imagine Tax Havens: Bigger Than You Think, Closer to Home Than You Imagine
Author Nicholas Shaxson explains that over half the world's trade is now routed through tax havens, and the United States is itself a leading tax haven.
Apr 1, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny