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
Learning What Unions Have to Teach Learning What Unions Have to Teach
In a lot of the talk about attacks on labor, the focus has been on electoral politics and cash. But doing away with unions does away with one of the only forms of popular e...
Mar 23, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
‘Dictator’ Governor Checked, Balanced by Pesky Third Branch of Government ‘Dictator’ Governor Checked, Balanced by Pesky Third Branch of Government
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker got the legislature to do his bidding. But there is a third branch of government, and the judges aren’t buying what Walker’s selling.
Mar 19, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
We Are All Wisconsinites Now We Are All Wisconsinites Now
How can the pro-worker movement born in the streets of Madison be nurtured into a national force?
Mar 17, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors
Wisconsin Senators Sell Out to Corporate Interests as DC Crowds Chant: ‘Recall!’ Wisconsin Senators Sell Out to Corporate Interests as DC Crowds Chant: ‘Recall!’
Protests met the arrival of Wisconsin state Senators in Washington, there to collect checks from corporate lobbyists.
Mar 17, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Remembering the Triangle Fire Remembering the Triangle Fire
After 100 years, the tragedy still inspires outrage and grief. Why does it have a hold on us?
Mar 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Freeman
Wisconsin GOP Senators Head to Washington to Collect Their Payoffs, er, Campaign Contributions Wisconsin GOP Senators Head to Washington to Collect Their Payoffs, er, Campaign Contributions
Corporate lobbyists will gather at Haley Barbour’s old lobbying office to “thank” Wisconsin Republicans for enacting anti-labor legislation. The price of say...
Mar 16, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Greetings From Fitzwalkerstan: Wisconsin GOP Denies Legislative Democrats Voting Rights Greetings From Fitzwalkerstan: Wisconsin GOP Denies Legislative Democrats Voting Rights
In another blow to democracy, Governor Scott Walker's consigliere, Senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald, announces plan to deny Democratic state senators the right to have ...
Mar 15, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Susan Sarandon in Wisconsin: The Whole Nation Has a Stake in This Fight Susan Sarandon in Wisconsin: The Whole Nation Has a Stake in This Fight
Actress Susan Sarandon joined protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol to speak out against Governor Walker and his anti-worker bill.
Mar 14, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Undaunted! More Than 100,000 Wisconsinites Rally ‘To Take Our State Back!’ Undaunted! More Than 100,000 Wisconsinites Rally ‘To Take Our State Back!’
Farmers, workers and their supporters, undaunted by Governor Scott Walker's power grabs, converged on Madison to fight for labor rights and the future of their state. They came in ...
Mar 13, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols