The Path to Progress: Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies The Path to Progress: Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies
We’ll never get to renewable energy if we keep offering gobs of cash to oil, coal and gas companies to continue business as usual.
May 18, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
This Week in Poverty: A Little Help for the Long-Term Unemployed? This Week in Poverty: A Little Help for the Long-Term Unemployed?
230,000 long-term unemployed workers lost their benefits on Sunday and the system is about to get a whole lot worse.
May 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Greg Kaufmann
Occupy This Album Occupy This Album
A new collection featuring ninety-nine tracks of class-conscious music from ninety-nine artists.
May 17, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
Allison Kilkenny: Chicago Is in Lockdown for This Weekend’s NATO Summit Allison Kilkenny: Chicago Is in Lockdown for This Weekend’s NATO Summit
Several cities in the United States, including Chicago, prepare for upcoming protests and major conventions with unprecedented levels of security.
May 17, 2012 / The Nation
Wisconsin’s Recall Wisconsin’s Recall
In the June 5 recall election to unseat Gov. Scott Walker and his cronies, grassroots activists are fighting millions in corporate cash.
May 16, 2012 / John Nichols
Year of the (Young) Woman Year of the (Young) Woman
How a generational shift in feminism is setting the agenda for American women.
May 15, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
Perhaps It’s Jamie Dimon Who Needs a Psychiatrist Perhaps It’s Jamie Dimon Who Needs a Psychiatrist
JP Morgan’s CEO once complained that traders would need to see psychiatrists in order to comply with financial regulations. Maybe that’s not such a bad idea.
May 15, 2012 / Alexis Goldstein
Affordable Housing for Seniors in the Cross Hairs in Chicago Affordable Housing for Seniors in the Cross Hairs in Chicago
Property baron Sam Zell has made millions by cutting services and raising rent on retirees like those who came to his Chicago shareholder meeting.
May 15, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Branded as a “trade deal” by its corporate proponents, the TPP would undermine environmental and health laws, offshore millions of American jobs, flood the US with u...
May 14, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
What If Straight People Boycotted Marriage? What If Straight People Boycotted Marriage?
What if heterosexual couples voluntarily refused the benefits of marriage that are denied to most of our gay and lesbian friends and family?
May 14, 2012 / Salamishah Tillet