House Members Seek Answers From Scott Walker Amid New Evidence of Lying to Congress House Members Seek Answers From Scott Walker Amid New Evidence of Lying to Congress
Three members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have asked the controversial Wisconsin governor whether he wants to withdraw tainted testimony.
May 25, 2012 / John Nichols
Don’t Think Twice Don’t Think Twice
Eric reviews his latest music choices and Reed analyzes recent trends in Congressional oratory.
May 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Democrats Counter GOP Voting Restrictions Democrats Counter GOP Voting Restrictions
House Democrats introduce sweeping legislation to expand voting rights
May 18, 2012 / Ari Berman
The Fake Violence Against Women Act The Fake Violence Against Women Act
House Republicans want to legislate a hierarchy of victimhood.
May 17, 2012 / Salamishah Tillet
Sherrod Brown Held Corporations Accountable, Now They’re Spending Millions to Unseat Him Sherrod Brown Held Corporations Accountable, Now They’re Spending Millions to Unseat Him
Senator Sherrod Brown has been a leader in taking on the big banks, and now the Chamber of Commerce is retaliating.
May 15, 2012 / Zaid Jilani
The Deepwater Horizon Spill, Two Years Later The Deepwater Horizon Spill, Two Years Later
Could this be the last time Big Oil has to pay for its mistakes?
Apr 23, 2012 / Press Room
An Elite Consensus We Can’t Afford An Elite Consensus We Can’t Afford
Calls for bipartisanship ignore the simple reality that the GOP has been captured by the extreme right.
Apr 18, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Senate Can and Should Save the Postal Service The Senate Can and Should Save the Postal Service
Congress is debating various slash-and-burn proposals that would lead to privatization of the postal service. But it does not have to happen. The USPS is not broke. It ought t...
Apr 17, 2012 / John Nichols
What Allen West Does Not Know About Communists and Congress What Allen West Does Not Know About Communists and Congress
The congressman imagines he’s surrounded by radicals. But it was his own Republican Party, founded by utopian socialists and militant abolitionists, that brought Marxist idea...
Apr 13, 2012 / John Nichols
Will the JOBS Act Actually Create Jobs? Will the JOBS Act Actually Create Jobs?
Or will it encourage fraud?
Apr 2, 2012 / Chris Hayes