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Top 5 Why Wisconsin Matters To You

Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » Thousands are rallying in Wisconsin and across the nation to oppose conservative governors who are attacking the collective bargaining rights of...

Huge Egypt-Style Turnout For Wisconsin Public Employees

Big things are happening in Wisconsin in response to Governor Walker's assault on the rights of working people. The Governor is trying to end 50 years of collective bargaining for Wisconsin workers, and has threatened to call out the National Guard to enforce it. The...

Live Reporting from the Wisconsin Rally

Tens of thousands of Wisconsin residents are flooding the State Capitol in Madison in protest of Governor Walker's proposed budget "repair" bill that would end 50 years of collective bargaining for Wisconsin workers. CMD reporters will be out providing live...

Wisconsin Plunder on the Right

Governor Scott Walker, the self-described “Tea Party Governor” of Wisconsin, likes to present himself as a faux populist, standing against powerful public employee unions for the little guy. In fact, he’s part of a conservative assault on workers, designed to...

Democrats Stop Worrying About Political Fallout And Do The Right Thing

... and just join the GOP: Bradley Tusk, a former Illinois deputy governor and New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 campaign manager, said that if Walker succeeds in the fight, “this will be portrayed as a major change toward fiscal sanity and protecting taxpayers.”...

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