Politics

This Week at TheNation.com: ‘Shock and Awe’ in Wisconsin This Week at TheNation.com: ‘Shock and Awe’ in Wisconsin

This week we continue to bring you the latest coverage on the labor fight in Madison. Plus, Chris Hayes examines the spike in oil prices. Is Wall Street to blame? We welcome g...

Mar 11, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Should Wisconsin Recall Governor Walker? Should Wisconsin Recall Governor Walker?

The Wisconsin governor's actions throughout the past three weeks have angered the public to the point that many are now pushing for recalling the state's Republican legislators.

Mar 11, 2011 / Video / The Ed Show

Pro-Worker Movement Power in Wisconsin: What’s Next?

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? 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

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