America Isn’t Broke America Isn’t Broke
The Supercommittee is dead. Here’s what should come next.
Dec 1, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Barney Frank Took on Banks, Bigots and Bloated Pentagon Budgets Barney Frank Took on Banks, Bigots and Bloated Pentagon Budgets
The liberal firebrand, who will retire from the House next year, championed LGBT rights, worked for a fairer economy and pushed for cutting defense spending.
Nov 28, 2011 / John Nichols
Paul Ryan Can’t Hear the Catholic Church’s Call for Economic Justice Paul Ryan Can’t Hear the Catholic Church’s Call for Economic Justice
The church has proposed a financial transaction tax in order to steer the economy “towards achieving the common good.” Is that class warfare?
Oct 30, 2011 / John Nichols
The Silence of the Elites The Silence of the Elites
Even as Occupy Wall Street heats up, Washington plans to spend the winter arguing about how to further mutilate the economy.
Oct 18, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Budgeting for the 99 Percent Budgeting for the 99 Percent
America is not broke. But it has broken priorities. The Congressional Progressive Caucus has the right fix: save trillions, put Americans back to work and protect Medicare, Medicai...
Oct 15, 2011 / John Nichols
How the Media Help Republicans Escape Blame for Obstructionism How the Media Help Republicans Escape Blame for Obstructionism
Bills don't fail to overcome a filibuster by themselves.
Oct 12, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
Terrible Ten in Congress Terrible Ten in Congress
Do we invest in affordable housing, or a mortgage interest deduction on vacation homes? Congress’s “Terrible Ten” force the poor to sacrifice for breaks for the r...
Sep 27, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Set Phrases to Stun Set Phrases to Stun
Alterman on classic rock and jazz, Reed on cliché's gravitational pull over media.
Sep 23, 2011 / Eric Alterman
Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits
Headlining Wisconsin's Fighting Bob Fest, the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country, the Vermont senator drew the loudest cheers for a stern warning to the presid...
Sep 18, 2011 / John Nichols
The Pointless Republican Victory in New York’s 9th The Pointless Republican Victory in New York’s 9th
Pundits see the race as a bad omen for Obama, but Democrat David Weprin’s loss may well have turned on Israel politics.
Sep 14, 2011 / Ben Adler