Video: Occupy Protesters Shut Down Oakland Port Video: Occupy Protesters Shut Down Oakland Port
Since last week when Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen was critically injured by the police force during a peaceful protest in Oakland, the Northern Californian city has become a focal point for the nationwide Occupy movement. Yesterday, hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters marched in the General Strike against economic inequality and police brutality. The protesters succeeded in shutting down downtown and the Port of Oakland. Reuters reports. —Jin Zhao
Too Big to Jail Too Big to Jail
Can we all agree that a $1 billion swindle represents a lot of money? So why isn't former Citigroup Chairman Robert Rubin breaking a sweat?
Nov 3, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Clues to Herman Cain’s Foreign Policy Clues to Herman Cain’s Foreign Policy
The unifying theme behind his foreign policy advisers seems to be Republican partisanship.
Occupy the Ballot: Colorado Voters Reject Corporate Power Occupy the Ballot: Colorado Voters Reject Corporate Power
Boulder votes against corporate personhood, and then they vote to replace their private power supplier with a municipal utility.
Nov 3, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
John Nichols: Will Herman Cain’s Fundraising Scandal Undermine His Campaign? John Nichols: Will Herman Cain’s Fundraising Scandal Undermine His Campaign?
Cain’s campaign has been accused of accepting nearly $40,000 in campaign donations from Prosperity USA, a Wisconsin, a nonprofit co-founded by Cain's chief of staff, Mark Blo...
Nov 2, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
What OWS Can Learn From the Greek Protests What OWS Can Learn From the Greek Protests
The movement’s urgent challenge is to meet organized repression with organized resistance.
Nov 2, 2011 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Rick Perry, God and Me: When I Got the Call Rick Perry, God and Me: When I Got the Call
God called me one night and asked me to run for president. He almost talked me into it.
Nov 2, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
How Wall Street Occupied America How Wall Street Occupied America
Why the rich keep getting richer and our democracy is getting poorer.
Nov 2, 2011 / Feature / Bill Moyers
Herman Cain, David Koch, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan & the Smoking Man Herman Cain, David Koch, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan & the Smoking Man
Mark Block helped elect Scott Walker and promoted Paul Ryan’s assault on seniors. Now his own history of political wrongdoing is being exposed.
Nov 2, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Noted. Noted.
Richard Lingeman on the revival of It Can't Happen Here; Erika Eichelberger on the global fight over tar sands.
Nov 2, 2011 / Editorial / Various Contributors