With ALEC Exposed, Common Cause Demands an IRS Audit of Corporate-Funded Group’s Gaming of State Lawmaking With ALEC Exposed, Common Cause Demands an IRS Audit of Corporate-Funded Group’s Gaming of State Lawmaking
Revelations about American Legislative Exchange Council project to link corporate interests with state legislators to impose an agenda that protects polluters, privatizes public ed...
Jul 15, 2011 / John Nichols
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Why Is Tim DeChristopher Going to Jail While Massey Energy’s CEO Walks Free? Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Why Is Tim DeChristopher Going to Jail While Massey Energy’s CEO Walks Free?
Amidst corporate dominance and catacyclisismic suffering, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says that we are once again on the verge of losing our democracy.
Jul 1, 2011 / The Nation
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Creating a New Deal for Today Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Creating a New Deal for Today
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says that progressives must fight to preserve the achievements of the Progressive Era and the New Deal—and renew the old struggle against corporate tyr...
Jun 30, 2011 / The Nation
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: How Corporations Threaten Our Environment and Democracy Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: How Corporations Threaten Our Environment and Democracy
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. explains how corporations have illegally destroyed more than five hundred mountains and impoverished countless rural communities—and gotten away with i...
Jun 30, 2011 / The Nation
The Last Mountain: Fighting Back Against Mountaintop Removal The Last Mountain: Fighting Back Against Mountaintop Removal
The Last Mountain exposes these travesties and the growing mobilization to stand up and fight back.
Jun 29, 2011 / The Nation Video
Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives: Tracking the WikiLeaks Haiti Cables Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives: Tracking the WikiLeaks Haiti Cables
Recently-released WikiLeaks cables reveal that Haiti's self-appointed guardians—the US, EU and UN—supported an election in the country despite obvious evidence that it ...
Jun 24, 2011 / Press Room
Next Steps Against Wal-Mart After Supreme Court Defeat Next Steps Against Wal-Mart After Supreme Court Defeat
Liza Featherstone explains how Wal-Mart systematically discriminates against women, resists unionization and underpays its workers.
Jun 21, 2011 / Press Room
‘Dukes v. Wal-Mart’ and the Limits of Legal Change ‘Dukes v. Wal-Mart’ and the Limits of Legal Change
The Supreme Court ruling is a victory for mega-corporations everywhere and a sign that justice for women and workers can't be won in the courts alone.
Jun 21, 2011 / Liza Featherstone
Supreme Court Decides That Walmart’s a ‘Too-Big-for-Justice’ Corporation Supreme Court Decides That Walmart’s a ‘Too-Big-for-Justice’ Corporation
The Court says that the nation's largest private employer can't be taken to task for discriminating against women because that discrimination appears to have taken place on a massi...
Jun 20, 2011 / John Nichols
WikiLeaks Haiti: A Response to Levi Strauss WikiLeaks Haiti: A Response to Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss objects to our story on Haiti's minimum wage increase. We stand by our original reporting and set the record straight on what we did and did not say.
Jun 10, 2011 / The Editors