Save the Post Office! Save the Post Office!
The privatization vultures and deficit hawks want to pick apart this essential public service. But the PO is not only a vital community asset; it’s perfectly positioned to le...
Sep 28, 2011 / John Nichols
‘Save the Post Office’ Movement Defends ‘the Human Side of Government’ ‘Save the Post Office’ Movement Defends ‘the Human Side of Government’
Thousands are rallying across the country to defend post offices, postal services and postal workers against unnecessary cuts.
Sep 27, 2011 / John Nichols
Why Ralph Nader, Cornel West, Jonathan Kozol Seek Primary Challenges to Obama Why Ralph Nader, Cornel West, Jonathan Kozol Seek Primary Challenges to Obama
Progressives sign a call for antiwar, anticorporate Democrats to mount primary campaigns to challenge Obama and the politics of compromise.
Sep 25, 2011 / John Nichols
Note to GOP Candidates: Obama’s No Socialist Note to GOP Candidates: Obama’s No Socialist
Romney said that the president takes his inspiration “from socialist democrats in Europe.” Gingrich decried “Obama's socialist policies.” They are ridiculou...
Sep 23, 2011 / John Nichols
The Execution of Troy Davis Provides Another ‘Haunting Reminder of Once Prevalent Southern Lynchings’ The Execution of Troy Davis Provides Another ‘Haunting Reminder of Once Prevalent Southern Lynchings’
Rejecting international pleas, domestic protests and evidence that Troy Davis was innocent, the state of Georgia put him to death under a process that former Supreme Court Justice ...
Sep 22, 2011 / John Nichols
Rick Perry’s Attack on Democracy Rick Perry’s Attack on Democracy
In seeking to end direct election of senators, the governor is mainstreaming a far-right fantasy.
Sep 21, 2011 / Feature / John Nichols
FBI Raid’s Target Was Point Person for Scott Walker’s Anti-Labor Program FBI Raid’s Target Was Point Person for Scott Walker’s Anti-Labor Program
Cynthia Archer, a longtime Walker aide and now target of an FBI investigation, played a central role in advancing his controversial budget-repair bill.
Sep 20, 2011 / John Nichols
The Devilish Detail of Obama’s Speech: Deep Medicare, Medicaid Cuts The Devilish Detail of Obama’s Speech: Deep Medicare, Medicaid Cuts
The president plans to cut “waste, fraud and abuse,” but his proposal would in practice harm the neediest.
Sep 19, 2011 / John Nichols
Wisconsin Governor Walker Stonewalls as FBI Raids Home of Top Political Aide Wisconsin Governor Walker Stonewalls as FBI Raids Home of Top Political Aide
A burgeoning “John Doe” probe targets anti-labor governor's political appointees.
Sep 19, 2011 / John Nichols
Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits
Headlining Wisconsin's Fighting Bob Fest, the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country, the Vermont senator drew the loudest cheers for a stern warning to the presid...
Sep 18, 2011 / John Nichols