This (Past) Week: Occupy Everywhere. PLUS: Battleground Ohio This (Past) Week: Occupy Everywhere. PLUS: Battleground Ohio
This past week, Occupy Wall Street goes global. Plus, DC Correspondent John Nichols on Ohio's labor battle, and Contributing Writer Ari Berman on the 'austerity class.'
Oct 24, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Betsy Reed: Why Is Occupy Wall Street Significant? Betsy Reed: Why Is Occupy Wall Street Significant?
What is Occupy Wall Street? A movement? A revolution? An experiment? An inspiration? The beginning of a new era where a new politics is being invented?
Oct 24, 2011 / Nation in the News / TVO
Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver’s Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections? Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver’s Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections?
What's the “No Child Left Behind” president doing in Denver barely a week before a critical school board election? Helping the fake “reformers” make th...
Oct 24, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Oct 24, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race
Denver's contest for local school board seats has already cost $600,000, as big-money backers of school privatization, charters and “choice” try to buy control of educa...
Oct 21, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
WikiLeaks Honduras: US Linked to Brutal Businessman WikiLeaks Honduras: US Linked to Brutal Businessman
Miguel Facussé, a biofuels magnate entangled with the drug trade, is waging a bloody war against campesinos—with American support.
Oct 21, 2011 / Dana Frank
Class Warfare Works! Class Warfare Works!
President Obama should double-down on his push for higher taxes on the wealthy.
Oct 21, 2011 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie
Relatively Speaking Relatively Speaking
Eric on how The New Republic's back of the book comes close to redeeming the magazine from the front.
Oct 21, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Bill Moyers on ‘Democratic Decency Defined Downward’ Bill Moyers on ‘Democratic Decency Defined Downward’
The award-winning journalist delivered a stirring speech in Washington last night about the political capture carried out by Wall Street.
Oct 21, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick
Shocking Report Reveals the Pentagon’s Addiction to Fraudulent Contractors Shocking Report Reveals the Pentagon’s Addiction to Fraudulent Contractors
A new report shows the Pentagon just can’t quit fraudulent defense contractors.
Oct 20, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick