All But 32 House Dems Back Bad Wars, Big Banks All But 32 House Dems Back Bad Wars, Big Banks
Thirty-two Democrats broke with the Obama administration and House Democratic leaders Tuesday to oppose a $106 billion supplemental appropriation to maintain the occupation of Ira...
Jun 16, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold and Old Obama Vs. New Obama on Wiretapping Feingold and Old Obama Vs. New Obama on Wiretapping
When Barack Obama was running for the United States Senate in 2004, he said that he saw U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, as his legislative role model. Obama told me five...
Jun 15, 2009 / John Nichols
Why Vote ‘Yes’ for the War and the IMF? Why Vote ‘Yes’ for the War and the IMF?
The Obama administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are aggressively whipping House Democrats to support the 2009 war supplemental bill that seeks to steer another $10o billio...
Jun 12, 2009 / John Nichols
The Good Doctor’s Cure for a Broken Healthcare System The Good Doctor’s Cure for a Broken Healthcare System
Dr. Linda Farley, the Wisconsin physician and nationally recognized advocate for health care reform who died this week at age 80, came to a conclusion after decades spent as a fam...
Jun 11, 2009 / John Nichols
‘Not McAuliffe’ Wins! ‘Not McAuliffe’ Wins!
The Republican National Committee staff swallowed hard, wiped away a tear and got to work on trying to come up with a reason why Virginians should not elect state Senator Creigh D...
Jun 10, 2009 / John Nichols
‘Senator Schakowsky’ Is Not to Be ‘Senator Schakowsky’ Is Not to Be
Jan Schakowsky should be a U.S. Senator. The chamber desperately needs more progressives with track records of opposing the war in Iraq, the Patriot Act, misguided trade policies...
Jun 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Double-Digit Unemployment Poses Political Danger for Obama Double-Digit Unemployment Poses Political Danger for Obama
America already has double-digit unemployment. In fact, the real unemployment rate, as opposed to the official rate, is well over 15 percent. That's because the official unemplo...
Jun 6, 2009 / John Nichols
The Age of Paine The Age of Paine
It was Tom Paine, ink-stained wretch and citizen of the world, who first roused American patriots to action.
Jun 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
Bipartisan Objections to a Bad Bailouts Bipartisan Objections to a Bad Bailouts
Thirty-six members of the U.S. House -- Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives -- recently wrote to President Obama asking him to stop the White House Auto Task For...
Jun 3, 2009 / John Nichols
The ‘New GM’: Layoffs, Factory Closings, Offshoring The ‘New GM’: Layoffs, Factory Closings, Offshoring
The trouble with the whole "Nixon goes to China" theory -- which is grounded in the calculus that big progress is made when a politician goes against type to address a seemingly i...
Jun 1, 2009 / John Nichols