Budgeting for the 99 Percent Budgeting for the 99 Percent
America is not broke. But it has broken priorities. The Congressional Progressive Caucus has the right fix: save trillions, put Americans back to work and protect Medicare, Medicai...
Oct 15, 2011 / John Nichols
Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS
There's speculation that the mayor will try to clear Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is centered. Here's how New York’s labor...
Oct 13, 2011 / John Nichols
Obama Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Free Trade Obama Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Free Trade
Signing new deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia is bad economics and bad politics.
Oct 13, 2011 / John Nichols
The 99 Percent Rise Up The 99 Percent Rise Up
The genius of Occupy Wall Street has been the pitch-perfect resonance of its founding premises. It has grown so rapidly because the American people desperately wanted this movement...
Oct 12, 2011 / John Nichols
Major Unions Endorse Wisconsin Recall Drive as a 99 Percent Solution Major Unions Endorse Wisconsin Recall Drive as a 99 Percent Solution
Anti-labor governor could be the first prominent politician displaced by a new anticorporate movement.
Oct 12, 2011 / John Nichols
Wisconsin Drive to Recall Walker Starts November 15 Wisconsin Drive to Recall Walker Starts November 15
Activists say they will begin the process of booting anti-labor Republican Scott Walker. But the governor and his allies are putting pressure on the board that oversees elections.
Oct 11, 2011 / John Nichols
Hypocrisy Share Values Soar as Tea Party Republicans Accuse Occupy Wall Street of ‘Dividing Americans’ Hypocrisy Share Values Soar as Tea Party Republicans Accuse Occupy Wall Street of ‘Dividing Americans’
The No. 2 Republican in the House rose to power on the strength of the Tea Party phenomenon, which parlayed divisiveness into big political advances in 2010. Now, he attacks &ldquo...
Oct 8, 2011 / John Nichols
Should Obama Face a Challenge in the Democratic Primary? Should Obama Face a Challenge in the Democratic Primary?
Facing a primary challenger might force Obama to embrace progressive ideals—and he can’t win 2012 if he doesn’t.
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / John Nichols
The Politics of Occupy Wall Street: Bernie Sanders, Progressives, Big Unions Endorse; Obama’s Silent The Politics of Occupy Wall Street: Bernie Sanders, Progressives, Big Unions Endorse; Obama’s Silent
A movement once dismissed is now embraced by Teamsters, MoveOn, key Democrats and even Ron Paul. Obama? Not so much.
Oct 5, 2011 / John Nichols
With Obama Veering Corporate On Trade, Democrats Need to ‘Distinguish Themselves From the President’ With Obama Veering Corporate On Trade, Democrats Need to ‘Distinguish Themselves From the President’
A savvy Democratic congressman warns that House and Senate Democrats had best be thinking about how to run and win even if Obama stumbles. History suggests that his point is ...
Oct 3, 2011 / John Nichols