The Breakdown: How Can Obama Help Organized Labor? The Breakdown: How Can Obama Help Organized Labor?
With no help likely to come from Congress, Dorian Warren and Chris Hayes ask: what can Obama, his National Labor Relations Board appointees and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis do to...
Mar 11, 2011 / Chris Hayes
When Is It Time for a General Strike? When Is It Time for a General Strike?
Sometimes things fall apart and sometime they flow together. As the Wisconsin State Senate rammed through their union-busting bill Wednesday night, people in the capitol chant...
Mar 10, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Showdown in Wisconsin Showdown in Wisconsin
The mass mobilization in Wisconsin was powerful. But Governor Scott Walker remained determined to disempower unions.
Mar 10, 2011 / John Nichols
The Oil-Food Price Shock The Oil-Food Price Shock
The cost of food skyrockets as oil prices rise, triggering political unrest.
Mar 10, 2011 / Michael T. Klare
Food Stamps for Good Food Food Stamps for Good Food
Should the program target hunger and obesity by promoting consumption of fruits and veggies?
Mar 10, 2011 / Feature / Melanie Mason
Vermont’s Struggle for Single-Payer Healthcare Vermont’s Struggle for Single-Payer Healthcare
Could the Green Mountain state be the first in the country to offer accessible healthcare to all its citizens?
Mar 10, 2011 / Feature / Steve Early
Wisconsin: The Conservative Class War, Part III Wisconsin: The Conservative Class War, Part III
In Wisconsin and elsewhere, attacks on unions aren’t about budget savings. They're about dismantling the final barrier to the domination of American politics by the power of ...
Mar 10, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Scott Walker Puts Out Fire With Gasoline Scott Walker Puts Out Fire With Gasoline
Scott Walker has taken Wisconsin, a state so chock-full of “Midwestern nice,” you need insulin after talking to the locals, and turned it into a place where people are ...
Mar 10, 2011 / Dave Zirin
‘Shame!’ Legislators Approve Wisconsin Governor’s Anti-Worker Agenda ‘Shame!’ Legislators Approve Wisconsin Governor’s Anti-Worker Agenda
As Republicans game the system to pass Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's anti-union legislation, the senior member of the state senate says: “They have not just bent the law....
Mar 10, 2011 / John Nichols
New Wave of Protests Fighting Banksters New Wave of Protests Fighting Banksters
It was tax day in 2009 that saw the first Tea Party protests, and the FOX-led media firestorm that's followed has made it seem as though the Tea Party's the only game in town if yo...
Mar 9, 2011 / Laura Flanders