The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws
In Georgia, HB 87 is a “giant scarecrow” for immigrant labor, and the result has been hundreds of millions in lost crops.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Greg Asbed and Sean Sellers
Mr. Friedman, Meet Mr. Obama Mr. Friedman, Meet Mr. Obama
The New York Times columnist faults President Obama for failing to do… exactly what he did.
Oct 12, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
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
Occupy Movements Spotlight Disappearing Rights Occupy Movements Spotlight Disappearing Rights
As Occupy chapters open across the country, the trials and tribulations of protesters draw attention to the nation's disappearing rights.
Oct 11, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
Wisconsin Drive to Recall Walker Starts November 15 Wisconsin Drive to Recall Walker Starts November 15
Activists say they will begin the process of booting anti-labor Republican Scott Walker. But the governor and his allies are putting pressure on the board that oversees elections.
Oct 11, 2011 / John Nichols
Hypocrisy Share Values Soar as Tea Party Republicans Accuse Occupy Wall Street of ‘Dividing Americans’ Hypocrisy Share Values Soar as Tea Party Republicans Accuse Occupy Wall Street of ‘Dividing Americans’
The No. 2 Republican in the House rose to power on the strength of the Tea Party phenomenon, which parlayed divisiveness into big political advances in 2010. Now, he attacks &ldquo...
Oct 8, 2011 / John Nichols
Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now
The task of our time is to insist that we can afford to build a decent society—while at the same time, respect the real limits to what the earth can take.
Oct 6, 2011 / Naomi Klein
What Would Keynes Do? A Forum, Part 2 What Would Keynes Do? A Forum, Part 2
A second round of responses from economists and wonks to Thomas Geoghegan's Nation essay “What Would Keynes Do?”
Oct 6, 2011 / Dean Baker, Alice Amsden, and Louis Uchitelle
Occupation Nation Goes to Washington Occupation Nation Goes to Washington
The Wall Street protesters have created the template for an ambitious new occupation in the nation’s capital.
Oct 6, 2011 / Nathan Schneider
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