Payroll Tax Cut Deal Gets the Job Done—but Has Major Flaws Payroll Tax Cut Deal Gets the Job Done—but Has Major Flaws
Congress has finally agreed to a deal to help the unemployed—but at the expense of federal workers and perhaps Social Security.
Feb 17, 2012 / George Zornick
A Politics That Says: The People Shall Rule A Politics That Says: The People Shall Rule
Mark Miller, who led Wisconsin Democratic senators in the historic walkout in solidarity with Wisconsin's protest movement, wants to renew the progressive promise of movement ...
Feb 17, 2012 / John Nichols
How the 1 Percent Get So Rich? (VIDEO) How the 1 Percent Get So Rich? (VIDEO)
Even in an Occupy world, most Americans don’t know exactly how the 1 percent does what it does. The money media haven’t explained it, and the 1 percent likes things t...
Feb 17, 2012 / Laura Flanders
This Week in Poverty: Obama’s Budget, Your Server’s Budget This Week in Poverty: Obama’s Budget, Your Server’s Budget
If Obama wants his actions to match his rhetoric about helping the poor, he needs to show a lot more leadership.
Feb 17, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
The Soul of Mitt Romney The Soul of Mitt Romney
Romney comes off as weak, weird and willing to say anything to be elected. Now, he's starting to seem mean.
Feb 16, 2012 / Leslie Savan
For-Profit Higher Ed and the Occupy Movement For-Profit Higher Ed and the Occupy Movement
A Harper's journalist recently went undercover as a University of Phoenix student. What he found was an "education" that was anything but--and a prime example of how the ...
Feb 16, 2012 / Dana Goldstein
Poll Dancing Poll Dancing
Eric on Richard Thompson and Reed on the flawed history of polling.
Feb 16, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Rich Republicans Say Birth Control Is Cheap Rich Republicans Say Birth Control Is Cheap
Conservative millionaires and billionaires don’t see any need for health insurance to cover birth control when aspirin is cheaply available.
Feb 16, 2012 / Ben Adler
Republican Hearing on Contraception: No Women Allowed Republican Hearing on Contraception: No Women Allowed
Republicans are holding a hearing on contraceptive access this morning, but don’t expect to hear from any women.
Feb 16, 2012 / George Zornick
Obama in Wisconsin: The Soft Economics of Low Expectations Obama in Wisconsin: The Soft Economics of Low Expectations
The president returned to the battleground state of Wisconsin and gave a well-received speech. But he avoided hot-button labor issues and the trade and industrial policies tha...
Feb 16, 2012 / John Nichols