In Search of the Missing Task Force In Search of the Missing Task Force
Three months after the annoucement of the mortgage fraud task force, progressive groups ramp up pressure to see results.
Apr 11, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue
Remembering Elsie Richardson Remembering Elsie Richardson
Efforts she spearheaded in the sixties set model for the grassroots rebuilding efforts that would unfold in cities around the country in decades to come.
Apr 10, 2012 / Michael Woodsworth
Occupy’s Plans to Take Down Bank of America Occupy’s Plans to Take Down Bank of America
How Occupy Wall Street plans to make Bank of America go “kaput.”
Apr 9, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
AT&T and ALEC AT&T and ALEC
The Nation is asking readers to implore one of ALEC's corporate benefactors, AT&T, to follow Kraft and Coke in severing ties with the group.
Apr 8, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
This Week: Inside Elizabeth Warren’s Senate Campaign. PLUS: Welcome Jessica Valenti; Allison Kilkenny This Week: Inside Elizabeth Warren’s Senate Campaign. PLUS: Welcome Jessica Valenti; Allison Kilkenny
This week, E.J. Graff goes inside Elizabeth Warren's Senate campaign. Plus, John Nichols honored for career achievement, and we welcome bloggers Jessica Valenti and Allison K...
Apr 7, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Just Pressure ALEC’s Sponsors, Name and Shame ALEC Legislators Don’t Just Pressure ALEC’s Sponsors, Name and Shame ALEC Legislators
Now that corporations have begun to cut their ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council, citizens have a right and a responsibility to demand that elected state represent...
Apr 7, 2012 / John Nichols
Tell Your Senators to Pass the Rebuild America Act Tell Your Senators to Pass the Rebuild America Act
One key provision of Sen. Tom Harkin's Rebuild America Act calls for raising the minimum wage to $9.80—a 35 percent hike—and pegging the wage to inflation.
Apr 6, 2012 / NationAction
VIDEO: Are American Jews’ Views Towards Israel Changing? VIDEO: Are American Jews’ Views Towards Israel Changing?
Just in time for Passover, a difficult but necessary intergenerational conversation about Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Apr 6, 2012 / Dana Goldstein
Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring
Occupiers respond to the 99 Percent Spring, a movement aiming to recruit and train 100,000 Americans to learn the ways of non-violent direct action.
Apr 6, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
This Week in Poverty: How to Get Involved This Week in Poverty: How to Get Involved
Looking to join the fight against poverty? Start right here.
Apr 6, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann