Budget That Cuts Programs for Poor While Upping Pentagon Spending Fails a Moral Test Budget That Cuts Programs for Poor While Upping Pentagon Spending Fails a Moral Test
The president's budget is a compromise document. Republicans say it does not go far enough. But it slashes low-income heating assistance, community programs, higher-ed loans and en...
Feb 14, 2011 / John Nichols
Valentine’s Message: Home Is Where the Heart Is Valentine’s Message: Home Is Where the Heart Is
Tenant leaders around the country unite for Valentine's Day demonstrations and direct actions against cuts to Housing and Urban Development programs.
Feb 14, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Religious War Comes to CPAC Religious War Comes to CPAC
This year’s conservative confab was strained by discord, with gays pitted against the Christian right and Islamophobes battling conservative Muslims.
Feb 14, 2011 / Sarah Posner
Egyptians Cry, ‘We Are Here’ Egyptians Cry, ‘We Are Here’
As the Egyptian uprising turns the corner from the “liberation” to the foundation of a new order, it’s fitting to reflect for a moment on what has already been ...
Feb 14, 2011 / Jonathan Schell
From an Israeli Prison to Tahrir Square From an Israeli Prison to Tahrir Square
A Palestinian's odyssey in a Middle East ablaze.
Feb 14, 2011 / Jen Marlowe
Obama Budget Would Maintain Pell Grant… but Cut Two Programs Obama Budget Would Maintain Pell Grant… but Cut Two Programs
What would Obama's budget proposal mean for students?
Feb 14, 2011 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston
Obama and Egypt’s Revolution Obama and Egypt’s Revolution
It was the strength of the Egyptian people who brought down Mubarak and Obama made it clear that it was Egypt, not the US, which would decide Egypt's future.
Feb 14, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Remembering Ruth Hultgren Remembering Ruth Hultgren
A tireless children's advocate and passionate activist for nuclear abolition.
Feb 14, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Saudi Arabia’s Fear of Egypt Saudi Arabia’s Fear of Egypt
The Saudis are nervous. And they should be. They're a wealthy gated community next to a teeming slum. And the slum dwellers are angry.
Feb 13, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
A ‘Dictator’ Governor Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions A ‘Dictator’ Governor Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions
The most radical assault yet by the current crop of Republican governor on the rights of workers has inspired outrage in a historically progressive and pro-labor state, with the go...
Feb 13, 2011 / John Nichols