Politics

Jim Hightower: Creating a Progressive America

Jim Hightower: Creating a Progressive America Jim Hightower: Creating a Progressive America

What is the state of progressive movements in America today?

Nov 9, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Noted. Noted.

D.D. Guttenplan on Occupy London, George Zornick on corporate tax evaders, Alexandra Tempus on corporate schools

Nov 9, 2011 / Various Contributors

Drought

Capitalism vs. the Climate Capitalism vs. the Climate

Denialists are dead wrong about the science. But they understand something the left still doesn’t get about the revolutionary meaning of climate change.

Nov 9, 2011 / Feature / Naomi Klein

Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility?

Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility? Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility?

The mainstream media is falling victim to a cult of balance—and it's time for progressives to fight back by more effectively leveraging their message.

Nov 9, 2011 / C-SPAN

Labor Rights, Abortion Rights, Immigrant Rights, Voting Rights Prevail

Labor Rights, Abortion Rights, Immigrant Rights, Voting Rights Prevail Labor Rights, Abortion Rights, Immigrant Rights, Voting Rights Prevail

In a rebuff to GOP extremism, voters reject Mississippi’s personhood amendment and Ohio’s attack on labor rights. 

Nov 9, 2011 / John Nichols

Melissa Harris-Perry: Mississippi’s Voter ID Initiative Could Suppress Voters’ Rights Melissa Harris-Perry: Mississippi’s Voter ID Initiative Could Suppress Voters’ Rights

Is Mississippi combating voter fraud or suppressing voters?

Nov 8, 2011 / Press Room

Wall Street’s Man in the White House Gets Demoted Wall Street’s Man in the White House Gets Demoted

Bill Daley led the White House toward the corporate “center”—but his profile is now being lowered.

Nov 8, 2011 / George Zornick

‘Technical Fix’ for Social Security Will Shrink Benefits to the Poor ‘Technical Fix’ for Social Security Will Shrink Benefits to the Poor

The ugly part of this gimmick is that it punishes most severely the very people who most need help.

Nov 8, 2011 / William Greider

George W. Bush’s American Dream George W. Bush’s American Dream

In our new landscape of imperial defeat, it’s remarkable how consistently things that are officially going so well are actually going so badly.

Nov 8, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Will Herman Cain’s Fourth Accuser Wake Voters Up to the Reality of Sexual Harassment?

Will Herman Cain’s Fourth Accuser Wake Voters Up to the Reality of Sexual Harassment? Will Herman Cain’s Fourth Accuser Wake Voters Up to the Reality of Sexual Harassment?

Even if voters come to believe that the allegations against Cain are true, will they care?

Nov 7, 2011 / Emily Douglas

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