When Is It Time for a General Strike? When Is It Time for a General Strike?
Sometimes things fall apart and sometime they flow together. As the Wisconsin State Senate rammed through their union-busting bill Wednesday night, people in the capitol chant...
Mar 10, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Scott Walker Puts Out Fire With Gasoline Scott Walker Puts Out Fire With Gasoline
Scott Walker has taken Wisconsin, a state so chock-full of “Midwestern nice,” you need insulin after talking to the locals, and turned it into a place where people are ...
Mar 10, 2011 / Dave Zirin
A Tea Party for Europe? A Tea Party for Europe?
The more Europe's conservatives woo far-right groups, the likelier they are to learn to play nicely together.
Mar 10, 2011 / Maria Margaronis
New Wave of Protests Fighting Banksters New Wave of Protests Fighting Banksters
It was tax day in 2009 that saw the first Tea Party protests, and the FOX-led media firestorm that's followed has made it seem as though the Tea Party's the only game in town if yo...
Mar 9, 2011 / Laura Flanders
British Medical Group Suggests Women Seeking Abortion Be Told—Gasp!—the Truth British Medical Group Suggests Women Seeking Abortion Be Told—Gasp!—the Truth
Under the guidelines, patients would be told that women generally don’t suffer any psychological harm as a result of having an abortion.
Mar 9, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
Philanthro-Feudalism Is the Future! Philanthro-Feudalism Is the Future!
China’s new economic plan is a relic of the past. It focuses on raising standards of living. How quaint!
Mar 8, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Meet the Ohio Woman Who Would Have Testified Against the ‘Heartbeat Bill’ Meet the Ohio Woman Who Would Have Testified Against the ‘Heartbeat Bill’
Fetuses are stealing the show from women.
Mar 7, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
Say it Loud on Opening Day: Baseball Must Move the All-Star Game from Arizona Say it Loud on Opening Day: Baseball Must Move the All-Star Game from Arizona
If the off-season proved nothing else, it’s that Arizona's political culture has only grown more toxic. On Opening Day, activists will ask the question yet again to Major Lea...
Mar 7, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Huckabee Replaces N-word With ‘Mau-Mau’ Huckabee Replaces N-word With ‘Mau-Mau’
Huckabee seemed folksy and friendly—until he started squawking that President Obama grew up in Kenya.
Mar 7, 2011 / Leslie Savan
Mike Huckabee: Wrong on Single Moms Mike Huckabee: Wrong on Single Moms
If Huckabee is worried about glamorizing teen pregnancy, he need look no farther than his own political party.
Mar 6, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry