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 / 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 / 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
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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Press Room