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Rep. Cory Mason: Counting Votes & Changing Minds in Wisconsin
April 12, 2011
"If people don't have trust and confidence in their elections, it's really hard to have confidence in the democracy writ large," says Wisconsin State Representative Cory Mason, noting the "gross incompetence or malice" involved in the sudden appearance, a day and a half after the polls closed, of 7500 votes for the conservative candidate in his state's Supreme Court race.
Rep. Cory Mason, Sarah Schulman & Omar Barghouti, and CEO Pay
April 11, 2011
"If people don't have trust and confidence in their elections, it's really hard to have confidence in the democracy writ large," says Wisconsin State Representative Cory Mason, noting the "gross incompetence or malice" involved in the sudden appearance, a day and a half after the polls closed, of 7500 votes for the conservative candidate in his state's Supreme Court race.
Michael Moore: People Still Have the Power
March 1, 2011
"This is a movement that is not going to stop," says filmmaker Michael Moore of the uprising in Madison, Wisconsin (and across the country--all 50 states held solidarity rallies this weekend). "I knew sooner or later people would say they've had enough."
Michael Moore, Peg Lautenschlager, and John Nichols
February 28, 2011
"This is a movement that is not going to stop," says filmmaker Michael Moore of the uprising in Madison, Wisconsin (and across the country--all 50 states held solidarity rallies this weekend). "I knew sooner or later people would say they've had enough."
Edwidge Danticat, Howard Zinn, and John Nichols
January 28, 2011
"Writing is nothing like dying in, for, and possibly with, your country," writes novelist and essayist Edwidge Danticat in her book Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work. But writing and creating can inspire action, whether it's revolution in the streets or simply managing to survive under seemingly hopeless circumstances.
John Nichols: Scott Walker Will Destroy Government
January 28, 2011
Wisconsin's new governor is charismatic, good-looking and pleasant, says John Nichols--and he's out to destroy government. The 2010 elections swept in a wave of Tea Party-backed conservatives bent on union-busting, slashing spending, and shrinking government to a size that would fit in Grover Norquist's proverbial bathtub. John stopped by our studio recently, visiting from his home in Wisconsin, to tell us why his governor is one we should particularly have our eye on.
John Lewis: Redeeming America
January 18, 2011
"We didn't have sponsors when we came to Washington in 1963. We didn't have sponsors when we marched from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. The young people that came to Mississippi in 1964, and three of my colleagues died, didn't have sponsors. We came out of the feeling that we wanted to redeem the soul of America."
John Lewis, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Brian Jones
January 17, 2011
"We didn't have sponsors when we came to Washington in 1963. We didn't have sponsors when we marched from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. The young people that came to Mississippi in 1964, and three of my colleagues died, didn't have sponsors. We came out of the feeling that we wanted to redeem the soul of America."
Urvashi Vaid: We Need Progressive, Multi-Issue Movements
December 22, 2010
"The national movement has shrunk its vision," says Urvashi Vaid, organizer, activist, and Visiting Scholar with the City University of New York Graduate Center’s Department of Sociology. The LGBT movement has become too focused on appeasing, and remains centered around the needs and wishes of white middle-class men--at the expense of women and people of color, and poor people around the country.
Michael Whitney, Urvashi Vaid, and States' Rights
December 21, 2010
PFC Bradley Manning remains in solitary confinement despite not having been tried or convicted of any crime. The accused leaker of much of the military information that WikiLeaks has so far published turned 23 on Friday and celebrated his birthday without family or friends, in a six foot by twelve foot cell without a pillow and in which he is not allowed to exercise.

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