The Breakdown: What Is the True Cost of Gas? The Breakdown: What Is the True Cost of Gas?
Imagine that the cost you pay at the pump reflected not only the cost of gas without all of the government tax breaks and subsidies to the oil industry but also the political, heal...
Aug 20, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Breakdown: How Does Incumbency Affect Elections? The Breakdown: How Does Incumbency Affect Elections?
If incumbents are running scared, what does that mean for the phenomenon of the incumbency effect?
Aug 13, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Breakdown: How to Bust the Filibuster The Breakdown: How to Bust the Filibuster
Could the Senate start getting things done, if only legislators didn't have to face filibuster threats? This week on The Breakdown: the history of the filibuster, and how to get ri...
Aug 5, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Breakdown: Will the Financial Reform Bill Prevent Future Meltdowns? The Breakdown: Will the Financial Reform Bill Prevent Future Meltdowns?
Obama signed the Frank-Dodd bill into law this week. What does the bill do to reform Wall Street, and will it prevent bailouts? Finance blogger Mike Konczal joins Chris Hayes to ta...
Jul 23, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Breakdown: What Is The True Cost Of Gas? The Breakdown: What Is The True Cost Of Gas?
Imagine that the cost you pay at the pump reflected not only the cost of gas without all of the government tax breaks and subsidies to the oil industry but also the political, heal...
Jul 15, 2010 / Chris Hayes
This Week At TheNation.com: Reflections on Lebron, plus two new videos and an event in New York This Week At TheNation.com: Reflections on Lebron, plus two new videos and an event in New York
Reflections on Lebron. Plus: See me in New York on Tuesday.
Jul 10, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Breakdown: Do Presidential Speeches Matter? The Breakdown: Do Presidential Speeches Matter?
Ever since his breakthrough keynote at the 2004 DNC, Barack Obama has been defined by his oratory skills. But has his rhetoric really advanced his policy goals? On this week's edit...
Jul 9, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Breakdown: Why Is the NRA So Powerful? The Breakdown: Why Is the NRA So Powerful?
Democrats have repeatedly conceded defeat on gun control issues and now would rather get out of the NRA's way than anger it. Christopher Hayes and Robert Spitzer investigate how th...
Jul 1, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe? The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe?
Is BP unique in its ability to create catastrophe? On this week's The Breakdown, Chris Hayes asks Greenpeace's Kert Davies whether the entire practice of offshore oil drilling is i...
Jun 18, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Breakdown: Will Congress Limit Carbon Emissions? The Breakdown: Will Congress Limit Carbon Emissions?
Christopher Hayes asks environmental reporter Kate Sheppard whether it's still possible for this Congress to pass a cap and trade bill.
Jun 10, 2010 / Chris Hayes