The Tea Party’s Distant Cousin The Tea Party’s Distant Cousin
Reactionary forces echo through history, whether conservatives acknowledge it or not.
Nov 30, 2011 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie
Dave Obey: Creating a Progressive America Dave Obey: Creating a Progressive America
The worst time to get people's attention to environmental problems is a time of economic problems.
Nov 30, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
The Myth of the Self-Loathing Liberal The Myth of the Self-Loathing Liberal
Jonathan Chait has it backwards: Progressives' problem has been too much loyalty to the President, not too little.
Nov 30, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Anti-‘Too Big to Fail’ Jon Huntsman Nails Romney as Wall Street’s Man Anti-‘Too Big to Fail’ Jon Huntsman Nails Romney as Wall Street’s Man
Taking the position of former Senator Russ Feingold, former Utah governor positions himself as the anti-bankster candidate -- and a serious alternative to over-the-top corporatism ...
Nov 30, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Is Obama ‘Abandoning’ the White Working Class? Is Obama ‘Abandoning’ the White Working Class?
Conservatives are completely misrepresenting a study of the electorate.
Bob Herbert: Occupy Wall Street’s Cry of the Heart Bob Herbert: Occupy Wall Street’s Cry of the Heart
Despite all the dismissive criticism, Occupy Wall Street has spread like a wild fire globally since its inception three month ago. How could a leaderless and seemingly amorphous mo...
Nov 29, 2011 / Video / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas
Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich
It’s more than just their distaste for Mitt Romney. Gingrich appeals to conservatives with his extreme denunciations of liberals.
Take Our Children, Please!: A Modest Proposal for Occupy Wall Street Take Our Children, Please!: A Modest Proposal for Occupy Wall Street
It was Karl Marx who first observed that high finance is “the Vatican of capitalism.” How right he turned out to be.
Nov 29, 2011 / Steve Fraser
Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures
Two weeks into the drive to remove Scott Walker, more than half the required signatures have been gathered.
Nov 29, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures as Rural Counties Turn Against Anti-Labor Governor Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures as Rural Counties Turn Against Anti-Labor Governor
Labor and community activists need 540,000 signatures to recall Walker. After 2 weeks (and with 6 weeks to go) they're more than half way to their goal.
Nov 29, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols