What if Sherrod Brown, Battler Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banks, Gets Banking Committee Chair? What if Sherrod Brown, Battler Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banks, Gets Banking Committee Chair?
The progressive populist senator from Ohio would hold big banks to account -- a new concept for Washington.
Mar 29, 2013 / John Nichols
This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets
The Ryan budget proposal’s devastating implications and the clear, humane alternative proposed by the CPC.
Mar 16, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets
At look at the Ryan budget proposal's devastating implications and the clear, humane alternative proposed by the CPC.
Mar 16, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Truly Progressive Budget Vision A Truly Progressive Budget Vision
Unlike Paul Ryan’s thought exercise, the Congressional Progressive Caucus's budget proposal increases job spending while decreasing the public deficit.
Mar 14, 2013 / George Zornick
Victory on Bush Tax Cuts Might Not Last Long Victory on Bush Tax Cuts Might Not Last Long
Democrats have indicated they’re willing to negotiate on the top marginal tax rates they’ve achieved—will they get something worthwhile in return?
Mar 12, 2013 / George Zornick
This Is What a ‘Talking Filibuster’ Sounds Like This Is What a ‘Talking Filibuster’ Sounds Like
Rand Paul provided an illustration of what filibuster reformers have been seeking.
Mar 7, 2013 / John Nichols
This Week: Stumbling Toward Sequestration This Week: Stumbling Toward Sequestration
The $85 billion sequester will hurt our economy—and our people.
Mar 2, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Did the DC Circuit Court Give a Green Light for Union-Busting? Did the DC Circuit Court Give a Green Light for Union-Busting?
The Communications Workers of America says that the ruling overturning Obama’s nominations emboldened employers—like the one that terminated twenty-two union activists....
Mar 1, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions
Republican Senator Jeff Sessions uses some very creative math to prove that people in poverty have incomes that are similar to the middle class.
Mar 1, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
The Human Costs of Sequester The Human Costs of Sequester
Rather than obsessing over a deficit boogie man, we should be putting financially battered Americans back to work.
Feb 26, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel