John Nichols on America’s Socialist Legacy John Nichols on America’s Socialist Legacy
As the right works to portray Obama as a socialist, John Nichols explains how positive socialist ideals have been blacklisted from our political discourse.
Feb 15, 2011 / Political Affairs
Debunking Deficit Hysteria Debunking Deficit Hysteria
Poll after poll shows that the public favors job creation over deficit reduction. So why are both parties AWOL on jobs?
Feb 15, 2011 / Ari Berman
Wisconsin’s Attack on Public Employees Could Lead to a Nationwide Campaign Wisconsin’s Attack on Public Employees Could Lead to a Nationwide Campaign
A proposed bill to end collective bargaining and slash wages and benefits for nearly all public employees could foreshadow a larger conservative strategy to take down unions.
Feb 15, 2011 / Democracy Now!
Wisconsin Students Protest Governor’s Attack on Unions Wisconsin Students Protest Governor’s Attack on Unions
A proposed bill to end collective bargaining for nearly all public employees has mobilized the state's students to protect teacher's unions.
Feb 15, 2011 / StudentNation / Sara Jerving
America’s Socialist Legacy America’s Socialist Legacy
As the right works to portray Obama as a socialist, John Nichols explains how positive socialist ideals have been blacklisted from our political discourse.
Feb 15, 2011 / Press Room
The Escalating War Against Labor The Escalating War Against Labor
On Ed Schultz's radio show, John Nichols explains that the GOP campaign against unions will be a struggle for America's future.
Feb 14, 2011 / The Ed Schultz Show
Outsourcing Potential, Forgetting Workers Outsourcing Potential, Forgetting Workers
Can a country continue to innovative if it’s not making the stuff it innovates?
Feb 14, 2011 / Laura Flanders
The Obama Budget: Challenging or Appeasing the GOP? The Obama Budget: Challenging or Appeasing the GOP?
Obama's budget rejects the steep cuts advocated by Republicans and his deficit commission. But the president is still playing on the GOP’s turf by emphasizing cuts instead of...
Feb 14, 2011 / Ari Berman
Budget That Cuts Programs for Poor While Upping Pentagon Spending Fails a Moral Test Budget That Cuts Programs for Poor While Upping Pentagon Spending Fails a Moral Test
The president's budget is a compromise document. Republicans say it does not go far enough. But it slashes low-income heating assistance, community programs, higher-ed loans and en...
Feb 14, 2011 / John Nichols
A ‘Dictator’ Governor Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions A ‘Dictator’ Governor Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions
The most radical assault yet by the current crop of Republican governor on the rights of workers has inspired outrage in a historically progressive and pro-labor state, with the go...
Feb 13, 2011 / John Nichols