Clinton Touts Welfare Reform. Here’s How It Failed. Clinton Touts Welfare Reform. Here’s How It Failed.
Clinton may be explainer-in-chief, but he left out the gaping hole welfare reform has made in the safety net.
Sep 6, 2012 / Bryce Covert
Bill Clinton Forms Barack Obama’s More Perfect Union Bill Clinton Forms Barack Obama’s More Perfect Union
Republicans did not want to mention their former president in Tampa. But in Charlotte Democrats followed their former president’s lead. And it could take them all the way in ...
Sep 6, 2012 / John Nichols
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
The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It
That Lawrence Summers and Bill Clinton, the president he served as treasury secretary, can still get away with disclaiming responsibility for our financial meltdown is an insult to...
Feb 2, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Why Did the Clinton Foundation Fund Dangerous, Unhealthy Trailers in Haiti? Why Did the Clinton Foundation Fund Dangerous, Unhealthy Trailers in Haiti?
In the wake of Haiti's devastating earthquake last year, the Clinton Foundation funded the construction of hundreds of highly toxic, moldy, searingly hot emergency shelter trailers...
Jul 12, 2011 / Democracy Now!
The Shelters That Clinton Built The Shelters That Clinton Built
Structurally unsafe and laced with formaldehyde, the "hurricane-proof" classroom trailers installed by the Clinton Foundation in Haiti came from the same company being su...
Jul 11, 2011 / Feature / Isabel Macdonald and Isabeau Doucet
Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers
Jul 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Bill Clinton’s Legacy of Denial Bill Clinton’s Legacy of Denial
Does Bill Clinton still not grasp that the current economic crisis is in large measure his legacy?
Jun 22, 2011 / Robert Scheer
On Food Stamps, Gingrich Hasn’t a Clue On Food Stamps, Gingrich Hasn’t a Clue
SNAP—the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—is one of the strongest threads in our increasingly tattered safety net. But Gingrich started taking whacks at the pr...
May 19, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The DLC Is Dead The DLC Is Dead
For progressive Democrats, the impending death of the Democratic Leadership Council is long overdue.
Feb 8, 2011 / Ari Berman