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US Uncut Takes the Stage US Uncut Takes the Stage

US Uncut chapters are planning demonstrations on February 26 at Bank of America locations nationwide.

Feb 18, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Wisconsin’s Walker Is Trying to Silence His Political Foes Wisconsin’s Walker Is Trying to Silence His Political Foes

On Democracy Now!, Nichols says that rolling back Wisconsin's collective bargaining protections has little to do with economics and everything to do with politics.

Feb 18, 2011 / Press Room

Can Egypt’s Internet Movement Be Exported? Can Egypt’s Internet Movement Be Exported?

In his new book, Evgeny Morozov calls on the US government to reassess its technology sector, which is now yoked to the geopolitics of several pro-democracy uprisings.

Feb 18, 2011 / Ari Melber

The Muslim Brotherhood in Transition The Muslim Brotherhood in Transition

Far from being a monolith, the Ikhwan, as it is known in Arabic, is well scored by demographic and ideological fault lines.

Feb 18, 2011 / Stephen Glain

Katrina vanden Heuvel: To Create Jobs, We Need Spending Katrina vanden Heuvel: To Create Jobs, We Need Spending

When there are 25 million people out of work, underemployed, seeking work, Katrina vanden Heuvel says, nobody should be talking about cutting vital services to the most vulnerabl...

Feb 18, 2011 / CNN

The Breakdown: Is the Federal Deficit Actually Bad for Our Economy?

The Breakdown: Is the Federal Deficit Actually Bad for Our Economy? The Breakdown: Is the Federal Deficit Actually Bad for Our Economy?

Would getting rid of the federal deficit be the silver bullet for our ailing economy? Robert Pollin explains why the standard arguments against deficit spending don't tell the whol...

Feb 18, 2011 / Chris Hayes

‘First Amendment Remedies’: How Wisconsin Workers Grabbed the Constitution Back From the Right-Wing Royalists ‘First Amendment Remedies’: How Wisconsin Workers Grabbed the Constitution Back From the Right-Wing Royalists

Wisconsin teachers, state, county and municipal employees, small business owners and students have employed the right to peaceably assembly and to petition for the redress of griev...

Feb 18, 2011 / John Nichols

Wisconsin’s Walker Is Trying to Silence His Political Foes Wisconsin’s Walker Is Trying to Silence His Political Foes

On Democracy Now!, Nichols says that rolling back Wisconsin's collective bargaining protections has little to do with economics and everything to do with politics.

Feb 18, 2011 / Democracy Now!

John Nichols Defends Wisconsin Workers John Nichols Defends Wisconsin Workers

On the steps of the Madison Capitol building, John Nichols delivers a rousing speech urging lawmakers to defeat Governnor Scott Walker's anti-worker bill.

Feb 17, 2011 / Uppity Wisconsin

What We Still Haven’t Learned About Rape What We Still Haven’t Learned About Rape

As a society we’ve yet to disarm rapists—or rape.

Feb 17, 2011 / Laura Flanders

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