CFPB to Take on Shadow Corporate Justice System CFPB to Take on Shadow Corporate Justice System
Wronged consumers often find themselves forced into arbitration proceedings where a corporation has picked the judge.
Apr 24, 2012 / George Zornick
Mitthusiasm Gap: Obama’s Pennsylvania Primary Vote Far Exceeds Romney’s Total Mitthusiasm Gap: Obama’s Pennsylvania Primary Vote Far Exceeds Romney’s Total
Even though Republican primary races are the marquee contests, Obama’s Democratic primary vote totals have frequently beat Romney’s GOP numbers.
Apr 24, 2012 / John Nichols
Congress Needs to Act on Stafford Loan Rate Congress Needs to Act on Stafford Loan Rate
The current system is by no means perfect. But to make college even less accessible for the poor would have a devastating effect on inequality and upward mobility in this countr...
Apr 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Braden Bernards
New Videos Shed Light on Immigrant’s Brutal Death New Videos Shed Light on Immigrant’s Brutal Death
Mexican immigrant Anastasio Hernández Rojas was surrounded and brutally beaten by more than a dozen border patrol officials.
Apr 24, 2012 / Press Room
The Vatican’s Latest Target in the War on Women: Nuns The Vatican’s Latest Target in the War on Women: Nuns
The bishops want to put a stop to the nuns’ focus on social justice. Thanks to their second-class status within the church, the nuns have little recourse.
Apr 24, 2012 / Norman Birnbaum
Wars of Attrition from Vietnam to Afghanistan Wars of Attrition from Vietnam to Afghanistan
The U.S. military is stuck in a four-decade rut.
Apr 24, 2012 / Nick Turse
Did Conservative Sting Operatives Target Planned Parenthood—Again? Did Conservative Sting Operatives Target Planned Parenthood—Again?
Has an anti-choice group secretly videotaped “patients” asking about sex-selective abortion?
Apr 24, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
An Unlikely Coalition in New York Pushes Cuomo on Public Finance An Unlikely Coalition in New York Pushes Cuomo on Public Finance
With national efforts at real campaign finance reform stalled, a savvy coalition aims to catapult New York from the bottom to the top of the class. Will Cuomo act?
Apr 24, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue
Protesters Arrested at Iowa Wells Fargo Protesters Arrested at Iowa Wells Fargo
In Des Moines, home to Wells Fargo’s mortgage division, protesters took a stand against the bank’s abusive lending practices.
Apr 23, 2012 / Laura Flanders
John Nichols: The Power of the General Strike John Nichols: The Power of the General Strike
What can a general strike do for workers and their rights?
Apr 23, 2012 / Francis Reynolds