Tens of Thousands Protest Move by Wisconsin’s Governor to Destroy Public Sector Unions Tens of Thousands Protest Move by Wisconsin’s Governor to Destroy Public Sector Unions
Republican Governor Scott Walker wants to strip state workers of their collective bargaining rights. Wisconsinites are fighting back.
Feb 16, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter
A budget plan that cuts over 200 federal programs and expands military spending reveals the president's misplaced priorities.
Feb 16, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Will Obama’s Budget Only Benefit the Rich? Will Obama’s Budget Only Benefit the Rich?
Katrina vanden Heuvel on MSNBC Live with Cenk Uygur talks about Obama's 2011 budget.
Feb 15, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
The Culture War on Jobs The Culture War on Jobs
It might be the greatest bait and switch ever pulled on the American voter. For two successive election cycles we've been promised jobs, a recovering economy, attention to the Cons...
Feb 15, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Will Obama’s Budget Only Benefit the Rich? Will Obama’s Budget Only Benefit the Rich?
Katrina vanden Heuvel on MSNBC Live with Cenk Uygur talks about Obama's 2011 budget.
Tension Over Gays and Muslims at CPAC Tension Over Gays and Muslims at CPAC
Sarah Posner reports on homophobia, Islamophobia and presidential hopefuls at the annual conference of conservative activists known as CPAC.
Feb 15, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Wisconsin Students Protest Governor’s Attack on Unions Wisconsin Students Protest Governor’s Attack on Unions
A proposed bill to end collective bargaining for nearly all public employees has mobilized the state's students to protect teacher's unions.
Feb 15, 2011 / StudentNation / Sara Jerving
Tension Over Gays and Muslims at CPAC Tension Over Gays and Muslims at CPAC
Sarah Posner reports on homophobia, Islamophobia and presidential hopefuls at the annual conference of conservative activists known as CPAC.
Why Mubarak Fell Why Mubarak Fell
President Obama, let Egypt be a primer on how to judge the power that can be wielded by mass protest. It might prepare you better for the next round of political upheavals.
Feb 15, 2011 / Michael Schwartz
House GOP Rejects Requirement That Patriot Act Surveillances Be Conducted in Compliance With the Constitution House GOP Rejects Requirement That Patriot Act Surveillances Be Conducted in Compliance With the Constitution
Barely a month after demanding that the Constitution be read into the Congressional Record, House Republicans voted against a motion to that would have protected against Patriot Ac...
Feb 15, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols