Bankrupt Bailout Spends Billions to Shut Factories Bankrupt Bailout Spends Billions to Shut Factories
President Obama says that, after the brief inconvenience of a bankruptcy filing and the ensuing reorganization, Chrysler will "a going concern" with "a strong chance of success." ...
May 2, 2009 / John Nichols
Don’t Let Insurance Company Greed Block Swine Flu Response Don’t Let Insurance Company Greed Block Swine Flu Response
Anyone who has had much experience with America's health care system knows that nurses are the essential players in making things work. So as the swine flu outbreak evolves into ...
Apr 29, 2009 / John Nichols
Political Pandemic: While Obey Acts, Collins Spins Political Pandemic: While Obey Acts, Collins Spins
House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat whose attempt to secure needed funding for pandemic preparedness was blocked earlier this year after Sen...
Apr 28, 2009 / John Nichols
GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness
When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that ...
Apr 26, 2009 / John Nichols
Accountability for Torture Accountability for Torture
Congress must act to remove from positions of trust those who sanctioned torture and dial down the imperial presidency that has evolved on its watch.
Apr 22, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold on Torture Judge: “Grounds for Impeachment” Feingold on Torture Judge: “Grounds for Impeachment”
Torture memo author Jay Bybee, who outlined procedures for inflicting cruel and unusual punishments on prisoners in U.S. custody, should of course be impeached and removed from th...
Apr 22, 2009 / John Nichols
Begin By Impeaching The Torture Judge Begin By Impeaching The Torture Judge
There has been much rhetoric with regard to the memorandums prepared by President Bush's Justice Department regarding how -- not if but how -- prisoners of the United States would...
Apr 19, 2009 / John Nichols
Well, Yes, The Government Is Spying On Us Well, Yes, The Government Is Spying On Us
The revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting Americans' emails and phone calls in what the New York Times terms a "significant and systemic" manner...
Apr 17, 2009 / John Nichols
Seat Senator Franken Seat Senator Franken
It's time for the GOP to end this charade.
Apr 15, 2009 / John Nichols
Hark! Teabaggers! Beware The Tories In Your Ranks Hark! Teabaggers! Beware The Tories In Your Ranks
Sam Adams and the more radical of his Boston compatriots would, presumably, have been bemused by the image of conservatively-clad Middle Americans recalling the revolutionary acts...
Apr 15, 2009 / John Nichols