Sal Rosselli: Empowering the Labor Movement Sal Rosselli: Empowering the Labor Movement
Unions have no permanent political friends nor permanent political enemies. Unions only have permanent political issues.
Aug 4, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Stadium Status: Why Are Taxpayers Funding Billionaires’ Stadiums? Stadium Status: Why Are Taxpayers Funding Billionaires’ Stadiums?
A hilarious, incisive look at taxpayer-funded stadiums.
Aug 4, 2011 / The Nation
The Spending Cuts Are Two Sacred Cows Strapped Together With a Time Bomb The Spending Cuts Are Two Sacred Cows Strapped Together With a Time Bomb
This "Super" Committee is actually a ticking time bomb strapped to two sacred cows: military spending and social spending.
Aug 4, 2011 / MSNBC
How the Koch Brothers Are Blocking the Vote in Wisconsin How the Koch Brothers Are Blocking the Vote in Wisconsin
Once again, the Koch Brothers are pouring money into a campaign to keep Wisconsin Democrats from voting in the recall elections.
Aug 3, 2011 / The Ed Show
Melissa Harris-Perry: Voters Are Crying Out for Economic Recovery Melissa Harris-Perry: Voters Are Crying Out for Economic Recovery
Melissa Harris-Perry argues that the debt deal will only make it more difficult for the federal government to foster the economic recovery the American people so desperately want.
Aug 2, 2011 / MSNBC
Slide Show: The 8 Biggest Winners and Losers of the Debt Ceiling Deal Slide Show: The 8 Biggest Winners and Losers of the Debt Ceiling Deal
The Senate passed a debt deal today that will raise the debt ceiling into 2013 and reduce government spending by $2.5 trillion. Now that the bill has been signed into law by Presid…
Aug 2, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: Hiroshima’s Aftermath: Lost Images of the First Atomic Bombing Slide Show: Hiroshima’s Aftermath: Lost Images of the First Atomic Bombing
This month marks the 66th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon during wartime. But have we in this country ever understood the full consequences of its use? …
Aug 2, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: Witness to the Egyptian Revolution Slide Show: Witness to the Egyptian Revolution
The first images of Egyptians flooding Cairo’s Tahrir Square this January captivated people around the world, long before anyone knew the protesters would actually topple the…
Aug 2, 2011 / The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Debt Deal Exposes America’s Democratic Deficit Katrina vanden Heuvel: Debt Deal Exposes America’s Democratic Deficit
The political and economic elite are drifting further and further away from the rest of the country.
Aug 2, 2011 / The Diane Rehm Show
Winners and Losers in Congress’s Debt Deal Winners and Losers in Congress’s Debt Deal
The Nation's Ari Melber on MSNBC's The Last Word describes how Barack Obama might have made the debt ceiling and eventual debt deal more of a compromise and less of a concessi...
Aug 2, 2011 / MSNBC