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
Obama Should Be Ashamed of His Budget Obama Should Be Ashamed of His Budget
“This freeze would cut the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, bringing this kind of spending -- domestic discretionary spending -- to its lowest share of...
Feb 16, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Fighting Back Against Wisconsin’s Anti-Union Attacks Fighting Back Against Wisconsin’s Anti-Union Attacks
John Nichols joins Ed Schultz to talk about Wisconsin's assault on public workers.
Feb 16, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Home Sweet Wall Street Home Sweet Wall Street
A most dastardly deed occurred last Friday when the Obama administration issued a 29-page policy statement totally abandoning the federal government’s time-honored role in ...
Feb 16, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Time for a New Economy Time for a New Economy
At last week's 2011 Green Jobs Conference, members of the American Sustainable Business Council presented creative strategies for achieving a "triple bottom line" of soci...
Feb 16, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tens of Thousands Protest Move by Wisconsin’s Governor to Destroy Public Sector Unions Tens of Thousands Protest Move by Wisconsin’s Governor to Destroy Public Sector Unions
Republican Governor Scott Walker wants to strip state workers of their collective bargaining rights. Wisconsinites are fighting back.
Feb 16, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter
A budget plan that cuts over 200 federal programs and expands military spending reveals the president's misplaced priorities.
Feb 16, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
The Culture War on Jobs The Culture War on Jobs
It might be the greatest bait and switch ever pulled on the American voter. For two successive election cycles we've been promised jobs, a recovering economy, attention to the Cons...
Feb 15, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter
A budget plan that cuts over 200 federal programs and expands military spending reveals the president's misplaced priorities.
Feb 15, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!
Wisconsin’s Attack on Public Employees Could Lead to a Nationwide Campaign Wisconsin’s Attack on Public Employees Could Lead to a Nationwide Campaign
A proposed bill to end collective bargaining and slash wages and benefits for nearly all public employees could foreshadow a larger conservative strategy to take down unions.
Feb 15, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room