The Breakdown: Do Corporations Deserve ‘Personhood’? The Breakdown: Do Corporations Deserve ‘Personhood’?
The Supreme Court recently ruled in FCC v AT&T that corporations cannot claim a right to personal privacy under the Constitution. Will that decision affect past cases that aff...
Mar 4, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Fighting Over Crumbs Left from Military Spending Fighting Over Crumbs Left from Military Spending
There's been a joke going around the labor protests. It goes something like this: A union member, a CEO and a Tea Party member are sitting at a table with 12 cookies...
Mar 3, 2011 / Laura Flanders
White House at Odds With Obama Supporters Over Wisconsin Protests White House at Odds With Obama Supporters Over Wisconsin Protests
Massive protests in Wisconsin don't fit into the White House's lame plan to "win the future".
Mar 3, 2011 / Ari Berman
So Much for Democracy: Wisconsin GOP Opens Discussion of Expelling Dem Legislators Who Oppose Anti-Union Bill So Much for Democracy: Wisconsin GOP Opens Discussion of Expelling Dem Legislators Who Oppose Anti-Union Bill
Desperate to Governor Scott Walker's proposal to strip public-sector unions of collective-bargaining rights, Republican legislative leader starts talking of expelling Democrats who...
Mar 3, 2011 / John Nichols
Madisonian Democracy Madisonian Democracy
The spirit of democratic protest, so vibrant across the Middle East, has been kindled here in Middle America.
Mar 3, 2011 / The Editors
Why Washington Doesn’t Care About Jobs Why Washington Doesn’t Care About Jobs
For the condo-buying, sushi-eating Beltway elite, the recession is over. For the rest of America—not so much.
Mar 3, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Why the Right Attacked Unions, ACORN and Planned Parenthood Why the Right Attacked Unions, ACORN and Planned Parenthood
Progressive service organizations connect real world needs to Beltway advocacy and lobbying. Conservatives fear and loathe that.
Mar 3, 2011 / Ilyse Hogue
The Spirit of Wisconsin The Spirit of Wisconsin
How Scott Walker’s unionbusting spurred a popular uprising.
Mar 3, 2011 / Feature / John Nichols
The Collapse of the Old Oil Order The Collapse of the Old Oil Order
Whatever the outcome of the protests, uprisings and rebellions now sweeping the Middle East, one thing is guaranteed: the world of oil will be permanently transformed.
Mar 3, 2011 / Michael T. Klare
Wisconsin Legislators Move Desks Out of Capitol Locked Down By Governor Wisconsin Legislators Move Desks Out of Capitol Locked Down By Governor
As Governor Scott Walker closes the Capitol to protesters, Assembly Democrats move out of the building to be accessible to constituents.
Mar 3, 2011 / John Nichols