What Malcolm Gladwell Missed About Online Organizing and Creating Big Change What Malcolm Gladwell Missed About Online Organizing and Creating Big Change
Gladwell's critique of online organizing mistakes the tools for the strategy—and encourages people to abandon a vital force to defend democracy just when we need it most.
Nov 15, 2010 / Ben Brandzel
Conversation: Dan Kalb on the Future of Climate Legislation Conversation: Dan Kalb on the Future of Climate Legislation
One of the few progressive victories to emerge from this year's elections was the defeat of corporate-supported Proposition 23 in California, which would have rolled back Calif...
Nov 12, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
For Cancun Climate Summit, Activists Consider the Long View For Cancun Climate Summit, Activists Consider the Long View
After the failures of 2009's conference in Copenhagen, a very different set of expectations are building in the climate movement for this year's summit.
Nov 12, 2010 / Sarah Laskow
Readers Speak: Eleven More Progressives Who Deserve Our Recognition Readers Speak: Eleven More Progressives Who Deserve Our Recognition
Peter Dreier's list of the fifty most influential progressives of the twentieth century honored the people who moved progressive ideas in America from the marginal to the...
Nov 11, 2010 / Peter Dreier
Inside the Millbank Tower Riots Inside the Millbank Tower Riots
"This is scary but not as scary as what's happening to our future."
Nov 11, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Penny
The Post-Midterms Game Plan for Progressives The Post-Midterms Game Plan for Progressives
It’s time for us to go big, challenge the limits of the debate and organize from the outside in.
Nov 10, 2010 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
‘If Olbermann’s Donations Are Bad, What About GE’s?’ ‘If Olbermann’s Donations Are Bad, What About GE’s?’
If it is wrong for an on-air personality like Sean Hannity or Keith Olbermann to make campaign contributions, who isn't it wrong for the corporation that employs the personality an...
Nov 8, 2010 / John Nichols
Meet the New Freshman Class of Extremist Senators Meet the New Freshman Class of Extremist Senators
A darkly comic new video from People for the American Way gives us a look at the challenges ahead.
Nov 7, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Deepak Bhargava and Gara LaMarche on Fighting Corporate Influence Deepak Bhargava and Gara LaMarche on Fighting Corporate Influence
Could a combination of philanthropy and social justice advocacy help progressives overcome the influence of corporate money to achieve real change?
Nov 5, 2010 / Press Room
NY’s Attorney General Schneiderman: ‘This Is Our Moment’ NY’s Attorney General Schneiderman: ‘This Is Our Moment’
As a longtime supporter of Eric Schneiderman, it was solace for the political soul, on a grim election night, to mark his victory as New York State’s attorney general. His wi...
Nov 4, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel