Katrina vanden Heuvel: End Corporate Personhood Katrina vanden Heuvel: End Corporate Personhood
A very specific and concrete proposal has caught on like wildfire in Occupy encampments across the nation: Amend the Constitution to end corporate personhood.
Oct 28, 2011 / Press Room
Melissa Harris-Perry: Mississippi’s Attempt to Limit Women’s Reproductive Rights Melissa Harris-Perry: Mississippi’s Attempt to Limit Women’s Reproductive Rights
A Constitutional amendment is on the November 8 ballot in Mississippi which wants to amend the Bill of Rights to declare a fertilized human egg as a legal person.
Oct 27, 2011 / Press Room
Who Is Funding the Wildest School Board Election in the Country? Who Is Funding the Wildest School Board Election in the Country?
Why are conservative interest groups—including representatives of the oil and gas industry—taking sides in a local Denver school board election?
Oct 26, 2011 / Press Room
Chris Hedges: Occupy Wall Street Wants to ‘Reverse the Corporate Coup de Tat’ Chris Hedges: Occupy Wall Street Wants to ‘Reverse the Corporate Coup de Tat’
We cannot sustain ourselves if we don't confront the corporate state.
Oct 26, 2011 / Press Room
Betsy Reed: Why Is Occupy Wall Street Significant? Betsy Reed: Why Is Occupy Wall Street Significant?
What is Occupy Wall Street? A movement? A revolution? An experiment? An inspiration? The beginning of a new era where a new politics is being invented?
Oct 24, 2011 / TVO
Richard Kim: Dems ‘Did Not Do Enough to Reform Wall Street’ Richard Kim: Dems ‘Did Not Do Enough to Reform Wall Street’
"I for one do not excuse Wall Street [reform's] mediocrity," Nation executive editor Richard Kim stated Sunday morning.
Oct 24, 2011 / MSNBC
John Nichols: In Ohio, Are Right-Wingers Tearing Down the Progressive Infrastructure? John Nichols: In Ohio, Are Right-Wingers Tearing Down the Progressive Infrastructure?
As the movement to repeal Governor John Kasich's anti-union legislation gains ground, Republican out-of-state groups are flocking to Ohio to implement campaigns in support of the l...
Oct 19, 2011 / The Ed Show
Stephen Cohen: Will a Putin Presidency Be Good for Russia? Stephen Cohen: Will a Putin Presidency Be Good for Russia?
Why does the mainstream media assume that a Putin presidency would have a detrimental effect on both the Russian people and American diplomacy?
Oct 18, 2011 / Press Room
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Occupy Movement Is Changing the Political Landscape of the World Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Occupy Movement Is Changing the Political Landscape of the World
As signs demanding the rightful economic equality for the 99% are seen in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Toronto, Hong Kong and Madrid, we know that this movement is occupying not ...
Oct 18, 2011 / The Ed Show
John Carlos and Dave Zirin: ‘We Are Not Asking for Change—We Demand Change’ John Carlos and Dave Zirin: ‘We Are Not Asking for Change—We Demand Change’
Over forty years after his famous black power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games, John Carlos joins the Nation's Dave Zirin (who is also his biographer) to show his support...
Oct 11, 2011 / Democracy Now!