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This Week: A Do-Nothing Congress. PLUS: The Change I Believe In This Week: A Do-Nothing Congress. PLUS: The Change I Believe In

 This week, congress fails to act on jobs while President Obama takes his message to the American people. Plus, my new book, Change I Can Believe In, hits books stores. Nation...

Nov 4, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

How People of Color Occupy Wall Street How People of Color Occupy Wall Street

The People of Color working group aims to bring more minorities into the Occupation, as well as to make sure that people of color are repesented throughout the movement.

Nov 4, 2011 / Habiba Alcindor

Need More Scientists and Mathematicians? Close the Gender Gap Need More Scientists and Mathematicians? Close the Gender Gap

The key is getting young girls—under age 12—passionate about technology and the physical world. Here’s how. 

Nov 4, 2011 / Dana Goldstein

The 99 Percent Organize Themselves The 99 Percent Organize Themselves

Besides sleeping in a park, what should those of us sympathetic to Occupy Wall Street be doing to advance the well-being of the 99 percent?

Nov 4, 2011 / Jeremy Brecher

The Occupy Movement From Liberty to London The Occupy Movement From Liberty to London

Visiting occupations in New York, Madrid, London and beyond, one finds almost eerie similarities, but also important differences.

Nov 4, 2011 / Laurie Penny

Will Texas Kill Hank Skinner Despite Untested DNA Evidence? Will Texas Kill Hank Skinner Despite Untested DNA Evidence?

Hank Skinner was scheduled to die on November 9, but his execution was halted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Will the state finally agree to test the evidence in his case?

Nov 4, 2011 / Jordan Smith

Occupy the Ballot: Colorado Voters Reject Corporate Power Occupy the Ballot: Colorado Voters Reject Corporate Power

 Boulder voters reject corporate personhood, and move to replace private power with a public utility.

Nov 4, 2011 / John Nichols

War Against Government Workers Is Prolonging the Recession War Against Government Workers Is Prolonging the Recession

By arguing that public sector jobs aren't “real,” Republicans are making the bleak economic situation worse.

Nov 4, 2011 / Ari Berman

Smiling Through the Apocalypse Smiling Through the Apocalypse

Alterman reviews the Beach Boys and Reed pokes holes in media ethics.

Nov 4, 2011 / Eric Alterman

Robert Reich: People Have the Economic Power Robert Reich: People Have the Economic Power

Is Occupy Wall Street becoming more political?

Nov 4, 2011 / The Nation

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