How ALEC Turned Prisoners into Corporate America’s Cheap Labor Force How ALEC Turned Prisoners into Corporate America’s Cheap Labor Force
What do breaded chicken patties, office chairs and cruise missiles used in Libya have in common? They are all made by America's 100,000-strong secret workforce: prisoners.
Aug 5, 2011 / Democracy Now!
Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Paul Wachter on Squash in Egypt Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Paul Wachter on Squash in Egypt
Despite Hosni Mubarak's support for their sport, Egyptian squash players now show no sympathy for the fallen dictator.
Aug 4, 2011 / The Nation
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
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
Debunking the Myth that Sports and Politics Don’t Overlap Debunking the Myth that Sports and Politics Don’t Overlap
Sports has a rich tradition of resistance politics.
Aug 1, 2011 / The Nation