War on Public Workers War on Public Workers
Scapegoating public employees is an insidious way of dividing public and private sector workers who share common interests.
Jun 16, 2010 / Amy Traub
Tear Gas in Cananea Tear Gas in Cananea
The strike at Cananea highlights the extremely unsafe conditions of Mexican mines.
Jun 16, 2010 / David Bacon
The SEIU Andy Stern Leaves Behind The SEIU Andy Stern Leaves Behind
His single-minded pursuit of growth alienated allies. Did it produce the gains he promised?
Jun 16, 2010 / Feature / Max Fraser
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Gabriel García Márquez's Clandestine in Chile; Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget; Roger Lowenstein's The End of Wall Street
Jun 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Key Dem Stalls Administration’s Push for More Afghan War Money Key Dem Stalls Administration’s Push for More Afghan War Money
Appropriations Committee chair David Obey says he will withhold action on supplemental spending request until action is taken to meet domestic needs.
Jun 16, 2010 / John Nichols
Video: BP’s Oil Crisis Is Obama’s Leadership Crisis Video: BP’s Oil Crisis Is Obama’s Leadership Crisis
On The Ed Show, Katrina vanden Heuvel says that Obama needs to realize that BP's mess is "more than an oil spill, more than an oil crisis. It's also an economic crisis."...
Jun 16, 2010 / Press Room
BP’s Oil Crisis is Obama’s Leadership Crisis BP’s Oil Crisis is Obama’s Leadership Crisis
On The Ed Show, Katrina vanden Heuvel says that Obama needs to realize that BP's mess is "more than an oil spill, more than an oil crisis. It's also an economic crisis."
Jun 16, 2010 / The Ed Show
Rape and Spillage Rape and Spillage
What's with the president's war analogy on the oil spill? And why be surprised that the oil conglomerates are also in bed with their pretend Washington regulators?
Jun 16, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem
For the first time, the US has been included in its own report on countries that are sites of human trafficking.
Jun 15, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann
How Archaic Is US Education? How Archaic Is US Education?
On Florida public radio, Nation authors Linda Darling-Hammond and Philissa Cramer discuss the ways the US can equalize its education resources and teacher training.
Jun 14, 2010 / Press Room