News for Obama: Public Cares About Jobs, Not Deficit News for Obama: Public Cares About Jobs, Not Deficit
A major new poll shows that Americans do not believe cutting the deficit will create jobs. So why have leaders of both parties become deficit hawks?
Apr 22, 2011 / Ari Berman
Town Hall Meltdowns, Hundreds Protest Cuts Town Hall Meltdowns, Hundreds Protest Cuts
As the effects of budget cuts begin to sink in, hundreds turn out to protest their local leaders and the president himself.
Apr 22, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
GOP Struggles to Dent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau GOP Struggles to Dent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Republicans tried to use the recent budget compromise to hurt the CFPB, but came away almost empty-handed.
Apr 21, 2011 / George Zornick
Cal State Students Stage Sit-In to Protest Budget Cuts Cal State Students Stage Sit-In to Protest Budget Cuts
Students on both coasts protest deep cuts to education budgets.
Apr 21, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
US Lack of Investment Is Destabilizing the World US Lack of Investment Is Destabilizing the World
Here in the US all we seem to hear about is deficits and debt. Yet even the countries that hold a lot of our debt are concerned for our lack of investment at home.
Apr 20, 2011 / Laura Flanders
On the Political Possibilities of Holy Week On the Political Possibilities of Holy Week
During the holiest week in the Christian calendar, I am reminded again of the dangers and possibilities inherent in public God talk.
Apr 20, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Howard Dean: US Should Leave Afghanistan Howard Dean: US Should Leave Afghanistan
A prominent Democrats changes course and says the Obama administration's war in Afghanistan is no longer winnable.
Apr 20, 2011 / Ari Berman
Thousands Protest Snyder’s Authoritarian Power Grab Thousands Protest Snyder’s Authoritarian Power Grab
The Shock Doctrine is at play in Michigan where budget cuts and fiscal chaos are exploited by Gov. Rick Snyder, who has sent his henchmen into communities to do his dirty work.
Apr 20, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
Deepwater Horizon 2.0? Why It Can Happen Again Deepwater Horizon 2.0? Why It Can Happen Again
It's been one year since the worst environmental disaster in US history. What happened to all the tough talk about regulation?
Apr 19, 2011 / George Zornick
Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social
Is there a journalism school somewhere that teaches up-and-comers to put stories into little boxes? Half our job in independent media, it seems to me, is putting the connections ba...
Apr 19, 2011 / Laura Flanders