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Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Budgets Use ‘Junk Math’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Budgets Use ‘Junk Math’

The Republican state governors who want to cut funding for schools, universities and public employees are still giving out billions of dollars in tax cuts to big businesses and...

Feb 24, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Budgets Use ‘Junk Math’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Budgets Use ‘Junk Math’

The Republican state governors who want to cut funding for schools, universities and public employees are still giving out billions of dollars in tax cuts to big businesses and c...

Feb 24, 2011 / Video / MSNBC

Crushing Workers in Wisconsin Has National Effects Crushing Workers in Wisconsin Has National Effects

So that's what they mean by from welfare to work. First you go force the poorest Americans into the workforce, then you go after their bargaining power. Wisconsin has long been the...

Feb 24, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Back to Our Future Back to Our Future

Long before Sarah Palin, pop culture of the 1980s valorized “going rogue.” Americans are still paying the price.

Feb 24, 2011 / David Sirota

Wisconsin: Ground Zero in the Fight for Democracy Wisconsin: Ground Zero in the Fight for Democracy

Gov. Walker's power play isn't about the pay and perks of public employees. It's an attack on basic democratic rights.

Feb 24, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Wisconsin Governor May Have Violated Labor Law in Koch Call

Wisconsin Governor May Have Violated Labor Law in Koch Call Wisconsin Governor May Have Violated Labor Law in Koch Call

Did Scott Walker break election and labor laws? A former state attorney general is calling on the state ethics agency to investigate. Could this scandal kill the bill?

Feb 24, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

On Their Defunding Rampage, Will the GOP Stop at Planned Parenthood? On Their Defunding Rampage, Will the GOP Stop at Planned Parenthood?

The Nation’s Chris Hayes says that taking away Planned Parenthood's funding will only deny millions of women vital reproductive care. The Daily Show’s Kristen S...

Feb 24, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Government Shutdown: Will It Happen and Who’s to Blame?

Government Shutdown: Will It Happen and Who’s to Blame? Government Shutdown: Will It Happen and Who’s to Blame?

GOP extremism could soon force another government shutdown. Here's how Democrats should react.

Feb 24, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman

Governor Walker Threatens to Fire Wisconsin Workers Governor Walker Threatens to Fire Wisconsin Workers

On The Ed Show Tuesday night, The Nation's John Nichols discusses whether Republican Governor Scott Walker's next move will be laying off teachers and other public workers.

Feb 23, 2011 / Video / The Ed Show

Wisconsin Protests Grow Beyond Madison Wisconsin Protests Grow Beyond Madison

John Nichols joins The Progressive’s Matthew Rothschild on GRITtv to discuss the forces pushing for Wisconsin's union-busting legislation.

Feb 23, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

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