Economy

Are There No Standards for Punditry? Are There No Standards for Punditry?

Thanks to cable news, discredited experts and government officials are regularly reborn as trusted authorities.

Mar 29, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Nationwide, Students Oppose Budget Cuts

Nationwide, Students Oppose Budget Cuts Nationwide, Students Oppose Budget Cuts

The student-led movement opposing budget cuts is growing in America.

Mar 29, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny

US and UK Uncut: ‘Austerity’ Is Not the Solution US and UK Uncut: ‘Austerity’ Is Not the Solution

As in the UK, there are no revenue problems in the US, just corporations just stealing from their country.

Mar 28, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Republican Party Launches McCarthyite Attack on a Professor—Unfortunately, They Can’t Spell His Name Republican Party Launches McCarthyite Attack on a Professor—Unfortunately, They Can’t Spell His Name

The Republican Party of Wisconsin, which twice endorsed Joe McCarthy for the US Senate, is trying to silence a university professor who raised questions about Governor Scott W...

Mar 28, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

US Uncut Fights to Secure America’s Future US Uncut Fights to Secure America’s Future

More photos and videos are rolling in from US Uncut's national day of protest. Participants stress they're fighting for America's future by demanding corporations pay their fair sh...

Mar 28, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny

Video: US Uncut’s National Day of Action Video: US Uncut’s National Day of Action

Video and photos have begun to come in from US Uncut's actions from across the country on Saturday.

Mar 27, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny

In Lawless Fitzwalkerstan, a Constitutional Officer Refuses to Bend to a Royal Governor’s Dictate In Lawless Fitzwalkerstan, a Constitutional Officer Refuses to Bend to a Royal Governor’s Dictate

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is now attempting to implement his anti-union power grab, despite a judge's order blocking the move. But Wisconsin's elected Secretary of ...

Mar 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

400,000 Brits Protest Against Austerity 400,000 Brits Protest Against Austerity

Half a million people marched through London in opposition to the British government's austerity program. But is anyone listening?

Mar 26, 2011 / The Notion / D.D. Guttenplan

When Illegal Doesn’t Matter: US Uncut’s National Day Of Protest When Illegal Doesn’t Matter: US Uncut’s National Day Of Protest

Today marked US Uncut’s second big nationwide protest. Coast-to-coast, more than 40 cities joined in a day of action protesting the tax dodging practices of massive corporati...

Mar 26, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny

US Uncut: It’s Not About Budgets, it’s About Revenue US Uncut: It’s Not About Budgets, it’s About Revenue

US Uncut wants Americans to stop fighting each other and focus on the real enemy: billion-dollar corporate thieves dodging taxation.

Mar 25, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny

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