Wisconsin Crowds Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver Wisconsin Crowds Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver
Governor Scott Walker wants to strip public employee unions of collective bargaining rights on Thursday. Teachers, students, state employees, firefighters and small business o...
Feb 17, 2011 / John Nichols
Mayor to Judge: Drop Dead Mayor to Judge: Drop Dead
New York State Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane Goodman's rulings regularly raise hackles, but now Mayor Bloomberg is getting in on the act.
Feb 17, 2011 / Katha Pollitt
Puzzle No. 1622 Puzzle No. 1622
This puzzle originally appeared in the March 6, 1976, issue.
Feb 16, 2011 / Frank W. Lewis
The Swift Demise of Rep. Christopher Lee The Swift Demise of Rep. Christopher Lee
A member of Congress named Christopher Lee— A buff enough member, we all would agree— Was hoping on Craigslist to go on a spree. So, shirtless, he posted a “How about me?”— Not knowing that someone with Google could see He wasn’t the guy he’d pretended to be, And, yes, he was married and thus hardly free. Now Christopher Lee is naught but debris.
Feb 16, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Nation Conversations: Jane McAlevey on Why Unions Are Not the Problem Nation Conversations: Jane McAlevey on Why Unions Are Not the Problem
Instead of giving in to the conservative campaign to demonize organized labor, progressives should push to secure higher benefits for all workers.
Feb 16, 2011 / The Nation
Time for Outrage! Time for Outrage!
On the American publication of Stéphane Hessel’s Indignez-vous!
Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Charles Glass
Indignez-vous! Indignez-vous!
In the first English translation of a cri de coeur that has topped bestseller lists for months in France, the 93-year-old hero of the French Resistance urges a new generation to re...
Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Stephane Hessel
Slide Show: Who’s Behind Egypt’s Revolution? Slide Show: Who’s Behind Egypt’s Revolution?
Egypt’s revolution, still unfolding, is not a leaderless one. At the core of the movement that turned out hundreds of thousands in Tahrir Square, in Cairo’s suburbs and…
Feb 16, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
The Betrayal of Public Workers The Betrayal of Public Workers
It’s not only bad politics for states to use budget crises to bust unions—it’s also bad economics.
Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Robert Pollin and Jeffrey Thompson