Reckoning Comes to Western Coal Country Reckoning Comes to Western Coal Country
Decades of government subsidy have cost taxpayers, wrecked the environment and could burn even more carbon than the Keystone pipeline project.
Oct 23, 2013 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
Healthcare.gov Sucks, but That’s Not the Real Threat to Obamacare Healthcare.gov Sucks, but That’s Not the Real Threat to Obamacare
Ideological resistance to the Medicaid expansion—the heart of the healthcare law—is.
Oct 23, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
How Congress Just Stuck It to Monsanto How Congress Just Stuck It to Monsanto
Farmers, civil liberties and food safety advocates had worried that a funding resolution would extend the rider, which crippled oversight over GMOs.
Oct 17, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
The Senate’s Obamacare Tweak Is Unlikely to Damage the Law The Senate’s Obamacare Tweak Is Unlikely to Damage the Law
The Senate’s deal to reopen the government and extend the debt limit reportedly contains a small change to the health law—but it’s not a win for the GOP.
Oct 16, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
White House v. Watchdogs White House v. Watchdogs
A damning new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists raises alarm about the press under Obama.
Oct 16, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Live Updates: Debt Ceiling Shutdown Approaches Zero Hour Live Updates: Debt Ceiling Shutdown Approaches Zero Hour
Congress is moving to end the showdown, but will hard-liners slow everything down?
Oct 16, 2013 / George Zornick, Annie Shields, Steven Hsieh, and Zoë Carpenter
A Grim Report on Press Freedoms Under Obama A Grim Report on Press Freedoms Under Obama
An investigation by the Committee to Protect Journalists concludes that the president has presided over an unprecedented campaign to control the media.
Oct 10, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown
Cut off from federal funding, programs serving abused women may be forced to close.
Oct 8, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Shutdown Continues, but Obamacare Is Up and (Mostly) Running Shutdown Continues, but Obamacare Is Up and (Mostly) Running
The future of the GOP, not the Affordable Care Act, is what's at stake now in Congress.
Oct 2, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Government Shutdown Will Hit Federal Workers, Poor Americans Government Shutdown Will Hit Federal Workers, Poor Americans
About 800,000 federal employees will be furloughed, with no guarantee of retroactive pay.
Sep 30, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter