‘First Amendment Remedies’: How Wisconsin Workers Grabbed the Constitution Back From the Right-Wing Royalists ‘First Amendment Remedies’: How Wisconsin Workers Grabbed the Constitution Back From the Right-Wing Royalists
Wisconsin teachers, state, county and municipal employees, small business owners and students have employed the right to peaceably assembly and to petition for the redress of griev...
Feb 18, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Walkouts, Payouts and Lockouts Walkouts, Payouts and Lockouts
Why the NFL's labor dispute should matter to you.
Feb 17, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Students Are the ‘Soul’ of Wisconsin’s Protests Students Are the ‘Soul’ of Wisconsin’s Protests
“While students haven’t been the source of this protest, they have definitely been the soul of this protest.”
Feb 17, 2011 / StudentNation / Sara Jerving
The Outrage Deficit The Outrage Deficit
After years of fraying, the US social compact is in danger of coming apart altogether. Will Americans fight back?
Feb 17, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors
Katrina vanden Heuvel: To Create Jobs, We Need Spending Katrina vanden Heuvel: To Create Jobs, We Need Spending
When there are 25 million people out of work, underemployed, seeking work, Katrina vanden Heuvel says, nobody should be talking about cutting vital services to the most vulnera...
Feb 17, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
ON WISCONSIN: Live Reports From Ground Zero for Labor Rights ON WISCONSIN: Live Reports From Ground Zero for Labor Rights
LIVE reports from Wisconsin, where the governor is seeking to end collective bargaining, and tens of thousands of union members and their allies are rallying in opposition.
Feb 17, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Wisconsin Crowds Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver Wisconsin Crowds Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver
Governor Scott Walker wants to strip public employee unions of collective bargaining rights on Thursday. Teachers, students, state employees, firefighters and small business o...
Feb 17, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Nation Conversations: Jane McAlevey on Why Unions Are Not the Problem Nation Conversations: Jane McAlevey on Why Unions Are Not the Problem
Instead of giving in to the conservative campaign to demonize organized labor, progressives should push to secure higher benefits for all workers.
Feb 16, 2011 / Audio / The Nation
The Betrayal of Public Workers The Betrayal of Public Workers
It’s not only bad politics for states to use budget crises to bust unions—it’s also bad economics.
Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Robert Pollin and Jeffrey Thompson
Labor’s Last Stand Labor’s Last Stand
As the showdown in Wisconsin demonstrates, progressives must embrace the government workers’ struggle as our own—or else.
Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Jane McAlevey