Cuts Leave Young People With No Future to Win Cuts Leave Young People With No Future to Win
Paul Mason of the BBC called them “the graduates with no future.” They've been at the center of protest movements around the world, from Tunisia to Wisconsin.
Apr 13, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Stuck in the Middle With Obama: The President Who Still Won’t Take a Side Stuck in the Middle With Obama: The President Who Still Won’t Take a Side
Sort of FDR. Sort of Reagan. The president rejects privatization of Social Security. But he's for austerity and broad cuts. And he admits that what he proposes in his much anticipa...
Apr 13, 2011 / John Nichols
Swans and Zombies: Neoliberalism’s Permanent Contradiction Swans and Zombies: Neoliberalism’s Permanent Contradiction
Modern capital is in crisis, and neoliberalism, which redistributes wealth upward, keeps the zombie shambling forward, hungry and blindly grasping.
Apr 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
America’s Class Problem America’s Class Problem
The delusion of a classless society in which opportunity is equally distributed is the most effective deception perpetrated by our moneyed elite.
Apr 6, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Are We All Black Americans Now? Are We All Black Americans Now?
More and more Americans are learning what it feels like to be unsafe and unprotected. In other words, they're learning what it's like to be black.
Mar 30, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
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
Philanthro-Feudalism Is the Future! Philanthro-Feudalism Is the Future!
China’s new economic plan is a relic of the past. It focuses on raising standards of living. How quaint!
Mar 8, 2011 / Laura Flanders
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
The Outrage Deficit The Outrage Deficit
After years of fraying, the US social compact is in danger of coming apart altogether. Will Americans fight back?
Feb 17, 2011 / The Editors
Obama Should Be Ashamed of His Budget Obama Should Be Ashamed of His Budget
“This freeze would cut the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, bringing this kind of spending -- domestic discretionary spending -- to its lowest share of...
Feb 16, 2011 / Laura Flanders