As Go Unions, So Goes The Middle Class As Go Unions, So Goes The Middle Class
The fate of America's unions and the fate of our middle class are inextricably intertwined.
Aug 10, 2011 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Change the Debate Change the Debate
Obama must stop searching for common ground—and start defining higher ground.
Aug 10, 2011 / The Editors
Subprime Contagion Subprime Contagion
Is America finally learning that extreme inequality isn't just bad for those at the bottom—it’s ruinous for those on top, too?
Aug 10, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Downgrading Democracy Downgrading Democracy
When Congress, the president and the media run roughshod over popular will and citizen action, small-d democracy pays the price.
Aug 10, 2011 / Ilyse Hogue
Why We Aren’t Like Greece Why We Aren’t Like Greece
Deficit hawks argue that excessive government spending drives the US’s debt woes. They're wrong.
Aug 10, 2011 / Dean Baker
The Real Problem with the Congressional ‘Super-Committee’ The Real Problem with the Congressional ‘Super-Committee’
The scope of the debt-reduction committee, rather than who’s on it, is what should most worry progressives.
Aug 10, 2011 / Ari Berman
Another Bailout Joins the Goofball Economy Another Bailout Joins the Goofball Economy
The economy is a shambles, saved from a free fall only by the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented promise of free money for banks for at least two years.
Aug 10, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Wisconsin Recall Replaces Two Republican Senators Wisconsin Recall Replaces Two Republican Senators
“Six months ago no one would have ever expected we would be where we are tonight. The people of Wisconsin have made history,” says Wisconsin Senate Democratic leader&n...
Aug 10, 2011 / John Nichols
Turning Poverty Into an American Crime Turning Poverty Into an American Crime
Ten years after the original publication of the now-classic Nicked and Dimed, things have gotten much worse for those in the bottom third of our country's income dis...
Aug 9, 2011 / Barbara Ehrenreich
This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Wisconsin Recall Primer This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Wisconsin Recall Primer
Hundreds of thousands will vote today in recall elections to remove six Republican state senators who sided with Governor Scott Walker's anti-labor, anti-education, anti&ndash...
Aug 9, 2011 / John Nichols