Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare
The threatened government shutdown was averted, but Democrats agreed to $38 billion in budget cuts. Here's what we'll see in the next negotiations.
Apr 7, 2011 / The Editors
Curbing Big Money Curbing Big Money
Momentum is growing to reform campaign finance and rebalance our election system.
Apr 7, 2011 / Nick Nyhart and David Donnelly
Noted. Noted.
John Nichols on JoAnne Kloppenburg's narrow win in Wisconsin; various contributors on Manning Marable
Apr 7, 2011 / Various Contributors
Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis
The argument that tax cuts to wealthy will create jobs doesn't make sense.
Apr 7, 2011 / Press Room
Government Shutdown Will Be Bad for Both Parties Government Shutdown Will Be Bad for Both Parties
On Bloggingheads, Ari Berman says that the Obama Administration has failed to steer the debate on economic issues to the Democrats' advantage.
Apr 7, 2011 / Bloggingheads
Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis
The argument that tax cuts to wealthy will create jobs doesn't make sense.
Apr 7, 2011 / CNN
Why Judicial Elections Are a Bad Thing Why Judicial Elections Are a Bad Thing
While progressives should celebrate JoAnne Kloppenburg’s win to replace a conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, we should also recognize the dangers of elected...
Apr 7, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
GOP Would Shut Down Government Over EPA, Planned Parenthood GOP Would Shut Down Government Over EPA, Planned Parenthood
If House Republicans force a government shutdown for ideological reasons, they will deservedly get the bulk of the blame for the current budget morass.
Apr 7, 2011 / Ari Berman
Tar Sands Make Their Mark Tar Sands Make Their Mark
Energy is ugly. Some forms more so than others, as nuclear near-meltdowns in Japan, the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and deaths in a West Virginia coal mine explosion have dr...
Apr 7, 2011 / Ellen Cantarow
‘Tax the Rich, Not the Poor!’ ‘Tax the Rich, Not the Poor!’
Despite the fact that a majority of Americans want defense spending cut and the wealthy taxed at higher rates, Congress has shown only a willingness to slash social programs.
Apr 7, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny