Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis
The argument that tax cuts to wealthy will create jobs doesn't make sense.
Apr 7, 2011 / CNN
Melissa Harris-Perry on the Demonization of Public Services Melissa Harris-Perry on the Demonization of Public Services
Republicans have created popular anxiety about public services by linking them with highly stigmatized members of our society.
Apr 6, 2011 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Katrina vanden Heuvel on the GOP’s Push for Government Shutdown Katrina vanden Heuvel on the GOP’s Push for Government Shutdown
If the GOP has their way in the budget battles, they'll force a childish and unproductive government shutdown.
Apr 6, 2011 / The Ed Show
John Ikerd: Dwindling Energy Resources Will Put The Economy at Risk John Ikerd: Dwindling Energy Resources Will Put The Economy at Risk
John Ikerd on how we cannot continue to grow at the rate we've been growing in past.
Apr 6, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Is Medicare Next on the GOP’s Hit List? Is Medicare Next on the GOP’s Hit List?
If Democrats engage with Republicans on their absurd proposition to cut Medicare, then we will have a real problem.
Apr 5, 2011 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Jeremy Scahill: Yemen’s Tribes will Shape the Country’s Future Jeremy Scahill: Yemen’s Tribes will Shape the Country’s Future
Why has the US shifted the official policy toward Yemen's strongman president, Ali Abdullah Saleh?
Apr 5, 2011 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011 Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011
“The remembrances started almost immediately, as was appropriate. When a giant has fallen there is immense thunder,” wrote Bill Fletcher, Jr., after the passing of the…
Apr 4, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Ari Berman: Jim Messina Is Alienating Obama’s Base Ari Berman: Jim Messina Is Alienating Obama’s Base
If Obama's campaign manager has a bad history with the very constituents that elected the president, how will that shape 2012?
Apr 1, 2011 / MSNBC
Jeremy Scahill: The Obama Doctrine Is No Different Than Bush’s Jeremy Scahill: The Obama Doctrine Is No Different Than Bush’s
The US doesn't want Yemen's autocratic president to lose his grip on power: he's one of the administration's main allies in the war on terror.
Apr 1, 2011 / MSNBC
John Nichols: Reframing the Union Debate John Nichols: Reframing the Union Debate
Democrats at the state-level have been more effective than their national counterparts in garnering support for unions and working people.
Apr 1, 2011 / MSNBC