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
US Uncut: Holding Corporations Accountable US Uncut: Holding Corporations Accountable
The US Uncut movement is spreading across the country staging protests to make corporate tax dodgers pay up.
Mar 25, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
US Uncut: Holding Corporations Accountable US Uncut: Holding Corporations Accountable
The US Uncut movement is spreading across the country staging protests to make corporate tax dodgers pay up.
NFL Lockout! NFL Lockout!
Here is the naked truth: we face the prospect of no pro football in 2011 because the union made a three-word demand that would not have cost owners a dime—open your books.
Mar 24, 2011 / Editorial / Dave Zirin
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Extremists Are Using ‘Despicable Politics’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Extremists Are Using ‘Despicable Politics’
Republican fanatics are trying to take the country back to a time when workers had no rights.
Mar 24, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Wisconsin’s Last La Follette Blocks a ‘Dictator’ Governor’s Power Grab Wisconsin’s Last La Follette Blocks a ‘Dictator’ Governor’s Power Grab
Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette has successfully blocked the publication of Governor Scott Walker's anti-labor legislation for almost two weeks. Now, the co...
Mar 24, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
The Triangle Fire: Still Burning Before Our Nation The Triangle Fire: Still Burning Before Our Nation
One hundred years later, many of the labor conditions and political assaults on workers' rights that led to the Triangle Fire are still with us.
Mar 24, 2011 / Tula Connell