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Robert Reich on Occupy Wall Street: ‘You Can’t Stop This Once It’s Started’

Robert Reich on Occupy Wall Street: ‘You Can’t Stop This Once It’s Started’ Robert Reich on Occupy Wall Street: ‘You Can’t Stop This Once It’s Started’

In this new video series, Reich takes on corporate influence in the political system and economic inequality in a way that only the former secretary of labor can.

Nov 9, 2011 / MoveOn.org

Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change

Katrina's first book, The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama, examines the systemic dysfunction that plagues American politics.

Oct 31, 2011 / Press Room

Paul Ryan Can’t Hear the Catholic Church’s Call for Economic Justice Paul Ryan Can’t Hear the Catholic Church’s Call for Economic Justice

The church has proposed a financial transaction tax in order to steer the economy “towards achieving the common good.” Is that class warfare?

Oct 30, 2011 / John Nichols

Katrina vanden Heuvel to Obama: ‘Let’s Fight for the People’ Katrina vanden Heuvel to Obama: ‘Let’s Fight for the People’

Katrina vanden Heuvel accuses Paul Ryan of pandering to Washington's "austerity class"—and argues that the President needs to stand with the majority of Americ...

Oct 28, 2011 / Press Room

How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent

The violence in Oakland has provoked a global outcry, as activists ask how a Marine can survive Iraq only to be seriously injured while peacefully protesting on the streets of an A...

Oct 27, 2011 / John Nichols

Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America

Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America

Average Americans are watching their country dissolve in front of them, and it will take grassroots mobilization on both the Left and Right to assess and address the systemic dysfu...

Oct 20, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Will Occupy Wall Street’s Spark Reshape Our Politics?

Will Occupy Wall Street’s Spark Reshape Our Politics? Will Occupy Wall Street’s Spark Reshape Our Politics?

Occupy Wall Street is growing, and it’s already changing the center of gravity of our politics.

Oct 11, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Flat-lining the Middle Class: Economic Numbers to Die For Flat-lining the Middle Class: Economic Numbers to Die For

Life support for our economy is nowhere close to arriving. One lost decade may have ended, but the next one has likely only begun.

Oct 6, 2011 / Andy Kroll

Uncle Sam Does(n’t) Want You Uncle Sam Does(n’t) Want You

From the first jobless Americans through the Great Depression to the Great Recession of the present moment, the reserve army of labor marches through time.

Sep 12, 2011 / Steve Fraser and Joshua Freeman

Give It Away Give It Away

A conversation with some of the top figures in American philanthropy reveals a shared belief in the power of institutional giving to benefit the most vulnerable among us.

Sep 6, 2011 / Sasha Abramsky

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