These aren’t the words of a progressive media advocate such as University of Illinois professor Robert McChesney or The Nation’s John Nichols, but of ex-FCC commissioner Michael Copps in January. In an interview on Democracy Now!, Copps attributes his...

Anita Dunn — one of MMFA’s main contacts at the White House — went on a nine-minute tirade about Fox on CNN, calling it “an arm of the GOP.” On October 12th, Fox announced that the White House had told them a week earlier that Obama would not do an...

That is not courage. In a democracy, that is heresy. And it is the fight to banish that heresy from the politics not just of Wisconsin but of America that makes the recall and removal of Scott Walker the great democratic struggle of 2012. John Nichols...

One year ago this week, Madison teachers voted overwhelmingly to walk off the job, and walk into the Capitol to protest the budget repair bill (later known as Act 10), which stripped public employees of most of their collective bargaining rights. As...

If things are going so great, how come Walker’s running scared? Wisconsinites might suggest that it has something to do with the criminal complaints lodged against the governor’s aides in a John Doe inquiry, with Walker admitting that investigators...

Nichols, associate editor of the Cap Times and contributor to The Nation magazine, showcased his book, “Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street,” citing the spring protests at the Capitol as his inspiration...