Jim Hightower: Creating a Progressive America Jim Hightower: Creating a Progressive America
What is the state of progressive movements in America today?
Nov 9, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
WATCH: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and Others on What’s Next for OWS WATCH: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and Others on What’s Next for OWS
Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power, featuring Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, William Greider, Rinku Sen, Patrick Bruner a...
Nov 9, 2011 / The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility? Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility?
The mainstream media is falling victim to a cult of balance—and it's time for progressives to fight back by more effectively leveraging their message.
Nov 9, 2011 / C-SPAN
Tammy Baldwin: Creating a Progressive America Tammy Baldwin: Creating a Progressive America
Traditional media is a shadow of what it was a decade ago.
Nov 7, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Nation Conversations: Emily Douglas and Sarah Seltzer on Women at Occupy Wall Street Nation Conversations: Emily Douglas and Sarah Seltzer on Women at Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street may be a directly democratic and leaderless movement—but that doesn’t mean it lacks structure.
Nov 3, 2011 / The Nation
Who Are the One Percent? Who Are the One Percent?
Now it is time to put a face on the 1%.
Nov 3, 2011 / The Nation
Video: Occupy Protesters Shut Down Oakland Port Video: Occupy Protesters Shut Down Oakland Port
Since last week when Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen was critically injured by the police force during a peaceful protest in Oakland, the Northern Californian city has become a focal point for the nationwide Occupy movement. Yesterday, hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters marched in the General Strike against economic inequality and police brutality. The protesters succeeded in shutting down downtown and the Port of Oakland. Reuters reports. —Jin Zhao
Nov 3, 2011 / Reuters
Ai-jen Poo: Domestic Workers and the Roots of Exclusion Ai-jen Poo: Domestic Workers and the Roots of Exclusion
Domestic workers, many of them women of color or undocumented immigrants, are one of the most vulnerable labor pools when it comes to workplace abuses and sexual violence.
Nov 2, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas
Three Poems by Thomas Sayers Ellis Three Poems by Thomas Sayers Ellis
"Mr. Dynamite Splits," "Or," "My Meter is Percussive"
Oct 31, 2011 / Thomas Sayers Ellis
Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and William Greider on the Housing Crisis’s ‘Death Spiral’ Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and William Greider on the Housing Crisis’s ‘Death Spiral’
The only way out of our national mortgage crisis is through widespread debt forgiveness.
Oct 28, 2011 / The Nation