Can We Have Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate? Yes, It’s Called ‘Medicare for All’ Can We Have Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate? Yes, It’s Called ‘Medicare for All’
As another court strikes down the individual mandate, it's time for Medicare to be expanded to cover all Americans —affordably, efficiently, capably and constitutio...
Aug 13, 2011 / John Nichols
Shall We Make That ‘US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts’? Shall We Make That ‘US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts’?
The nation’s most identifiable champion of financial reform and economic sanity signals a serious interest in seeking Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat.
Aug 12, 2011 / John Nichols
With Friends Like These… GOP Presidential Contenders Get Stomped by Palin, Perry Publicity With Friends Like These… GOP Presidential Contenders Get Stomped by Palin, Perry Publicity
Sorry guys and gals, but the Republicans who have spent months preparing to compete in tonight’s Iowa debate and Saturday’s Iowa straw poll are about to be elbowed asid...
Aug 11, 2011 / John Nichols
Wisconsin Recall Replaces Two Republican Senators Wisconsin Recall Replaces Two Republican Senators
“Six months ago no one would have ever expected we would be where we are tonight. The people of Wisconsin have made history,” says Wisconsin Senate Democratic leader&n...
Aug 10, 2011 / John Nichols
This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Wisconsin Recall Primer This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Wisconsin Recall Primer
Hundreds of thousands will vote today in recall elections to remove six Republican state senators who sided with Governor Scott Walker's anti-labor, anti-education, anti&ndash...
Aug 9, 2011 / John Nichols
Right-Wing Billionaires Invest in Wisconsin’s Recall Elections Right-Wing Billionaires Invest in Wisconsin’s Recall Elections
As part of a push to privatize schools, rich conservatives are pouring a fortune into a campaign to defend Republicans who support school choice schemes.
Aug 8, 2011 / John Nichols
Downgrading Democracy Downgrading Democracy
Standard & Poor’s is trying to set the parameters of political debate in America. That should offend everyone—no matter what their party, no matter what their ideol...
Aug 6, 2011 / John Nichols
Wasn’t the Debt-Ceiling Deal Supposed to Avert a 512-Point Dow Collapse? Wasn’t the Debt-Ceiling Deal Supposed to Avert a 512-Point Dow Collapse?
Obama surrendered to Republicans to get a job-killing, growth-stifling debt-ceiling deal. It was a horrible mistake. Now, with markets tanking, will the president make that mistake...
Aug 4, 2011 / John Nichols
Koch Brothers Group Games Wisconsin Recalls Koch Brothers Group Games Wisconsin Recalls
Americans for Prosperity just sent misleading information about voting to thousands of Wisconsinites.
Aug 3, 2011 / John Nichols
Senate Approves Debt Deal, as Palin Declares Tea Party ‘Victory’ Senate Approves Debt Deal, as Palin Declares Tea Party ‘Victory’
A Democratic Senate endorses a plan that Bernie Sanders warns risks “devastating cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid...”
Aug 2, 2011 / John Nichols