Economy

The Attack on the Middle Class (and the Plan to Fight Back) The Attack on the Middle Class (and the Plan to Fight Back)

The Nation's Ari Melber joins a panel of progressive advocates to encourage Americans to reunite and rebuild our country through demanding what we have always wanted—good job...

Jun 20, 2011 / The Nation

John Nichols: When Union Busting Meets Mass Mobilization John Nichols: When Union Busting Meets Mass Mobilization

John Nichols joins Laura Flanders at Netroots Nation to discuss political and digital organization, and a new group that he refers to as the "next roots"—the studen...

Jun 20, 2011 / Free Speech TV

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

New Wisconsin Budget Grants Broad Power to Gov. Walker to Remake State Health Programs New Wisconsin Budget Grants Broad Power to Gov. Walker to Remake State Health Programs

Gov. Walker's new budget grants him broad power to remake state health programs, a power grab that concerns individuals whose coverage might be altered or dropped under the new pla...

Jun 20, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

Instead of Dancing With the Austerity Devil, Keith Ellison Wants Democrats to Campaign for Jobs Instead of Dancing With the Austerity Devil, Keith Ellison Wants Democrats to Campaign for Jobs

While his colleague Michele Bachmann mounts a vanity campaign for president, Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison is mounting a serious campaign for American jobs.

Jun 18, 2011 / John Nichols

Senate Democrats Should Have Embraced Surtax on Millionaires Senate Democrats Should Have Embraced Surtax on Millionaires

Senate Budget Committee chair Kent Conrad had a good, old-fashioned prairie-populist idea for addressing deficits: Impose a surtax on millionaires. His colleagues should have embra...

Jun 18, 2011 / John Nichols

Edward Glaeser: How Can Cities Reduce Our Carbon Emissions? Edward Glaeser: How Can Cities Reduce Our Carbon Emissions?

Dense cities are a lot more energy efficient than decentralized sprawl, argues Harvard professor and urban advocate Edward Glaeser.

Jun 17, 2011 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions

Direct Democracy in Italy Direct Democracy in Italy

In a decisive set of referendums, Italian voters have rejected legal immunity for political leaders, nuclear power and the privatization of water—and dealt a direct blow not ...

Jun 17, 2011 / Frederika Randall

Reimagining Capitalism: Nation Readers Respond

Reimagining Capitalism: Nation Readers Respond Reimagining Capitalism: Nation Readers Respond

Nation readers offer fresh and creative ideas on how to reimagine capitalism.

Jun 17, 2011 / The Nation

Speaking Out for Good Jobs Speaking Out for Good Jobs

With Washington fixated on Weiner's Roast, Gingrich's implosion, and questions over the debt limit, citizens must mobilize and call on Congress to address a reality lost in the hub...

Jun 16, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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