Big Banks Shell Out to Members of Congress Who Could Kill CFPB Big Banks Shell Out to Members of Congress Who Could Kill CFPB
The big banks are donating a lot of money to members of the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. Why? Because those Congresspeople could close dow...
May 6, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
IUDs to Prevent HIV in Kenya? IUDs to Prevent HIV in Kenya?
An American nonprofit is offering HIV-positive Kenyan women $40 to use IUDs as long-term birth control—and women are taking them up on it. Is this the right way to prevent th...
May 6, 2011 / Anna Clark
The Student Week Ahead The Student Week Ahead
A weekly series highlighting student activism coast to coast.
May 6, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Breakdown: What Will the ‘War on Terror’ Look Like After Osama bin Laden? The Breakdown: What Will the ‘War on Terror’ Look Like After Osama bin Laden?
In the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden, will the US alter its strategy in the 'War on Terror'? Jeremy Scahill joins Chris Hayes to explain how the death of the Al Qaeda lead...
May 6, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Want to Hear Calls to ‘Bring the Troops Home’? Listen to GOP Presidential Debate Want to Hear Calls to ‘Bring the Troops Home’? Listen to GOP Presidential Debate
The first Republican presidential debate featured clear calls from two candidates to respond to the death of Osama bin Laden by exiting Afghanistan.
May 6, 2011 / John Nichols
Tony Kushner Denied CUNY Honor: His Letter to the Trustees Tony Kushner Denied CUNY Honor: His Letter to the Trustees
Tony Kushner's full letter to the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York—plus, how you can take action on Kushner's behalf.
May 6, 2011 / The Nation
Wisconsin-Style Occupation Planned in California Wisconsin-Style Occupation Planned in California
Teachers in California have planned a Wisconsin-style sit-in at their state's Capitol to oppose education cuts.
May 6, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
CUNY Trustee Slanders Tony Kushner CUNY Trustee Slanders Tony Kushner
What Kushner's views on Israel have to do with receiving an honorary degree has yet to be explained.
May 6, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
The Cruel and Unusually Punishing First GOP Debate The Cruel and Unusually Punishing First GOP Debate
Five men who would be the Republican nominee for president debated Thursday night. It was torture.
May 6, 2011 / John Nichols
Open Season on Teachers in Honduras Open Season on Teachers in Honduras
Mass firings, wholesale privatization, teargas—this is what the coup has come to.
May 5, 2011 / Dana Frank