Pro-Worker Movement Power in Wisconsin: What’s Next? Pro-Worker Movement Power in Wisconsin: What’s Next?
Governor Scott Walker has unintentionally created a powerful movement. Now that Walker has got his bill, how will the pro-union forces push back? General strike? Break the banks? R...
Mar 11, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
King Hearing Casts Muslim Americans as Clueless, ‘Not Intellectually Equipped’ King Hearing Casts Muslim Americans as Clueless, ‘Not Intellectually Equipped’
Rep. Peter King’s witnesses tried to paint Muslims as untrustworthy citizens, but other speakers, including LA Sherriff Lee Baca, attested to broad cooperation with law enfor...
Mar 11, 2011 / Sarah Posner
Walker’s Big Bank Donors Take a Hit Walker’s Big Bank Donors Take a Hit
Union protesters in Wisconsin are shrewdly targeting M&I Bank, a top Walker campaign contributor.
Mar 11, 2011 / Mike Elk
The Breakdown: How Can Obama Help Organized Labor? The Breakdown: How Can Obama Help Organized Labor?
With no help likely to come from Congress, Dorian Warren and Chris Hayes ask: what can Obama, his National Labor Relations Board appointees and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis do to...
Mar 11, 2011 / Audio / Chris Hayes
Peter King’s ‘Islamic Radicalization’ Hearings Fan Paranoid Fantasies Peter King’s ‘Islamic Radicalization’ Hearings Fan Paranoid Fantasies
But now that the supposed widespread radicalization of American Muslims is being paraded around as political truth, it’s important to respond.
Mar 10, 2011 / Moustafa Bayoumi
Showdown in Wisconsin Showdown in Wisconsin
The mass mobilization in Wisconsin was powerful. But Governor Scott Walker remained determined to disempower unions.
Mar 10, 2011 / Editorial / John Nichols
Noted. Noted.
Christopher Hayes on oil speculators, Kate Murphy on the pay gap
Mar 10, 2011 / Editorial / Various Contributors
Wisconsin: The Conservative Class War, Part III Wisconsin: The Conservative Class War, Part III
In Wisconsin and elsewhere, attacks on unions aren’t about budget savings. They're about dismantling the final barrier to the domination of American politics by the power of ...
Mar 10, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
When Murdoch Wins, Citizens Lose When Murdoch Wins, Citizens Lose
FCC leniency has allowed News Corp to create countless coverage-restrictive duopolies.
Mar 10, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Washington Wonders What to Say About Arab Freedom Washington Wonders What to Say About Arab Freedom
The administration constantly spoke of an “orderly transition,” unsure of how to support Egyptian demonstrators while not offending Mubarak. As Egypt’s example sp...
Mar 10, 2011 / David Bromwich