Romney’s Recession Reaganomics Romney’s Recession Reaganomics
STUDENT FINALIST: With staggering unemployment, Romney’s trickle-down policies are the last thing the United States needs.
Oct 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Audrey Yu
This Week in Poverty: What We Talk About When We Talk About Poverty This Week in Poverty: What We Talk About When We Talk About Poverty
In the second presidential debate, Governor Romney used the word poverty without saying anything of substance about it. President Obama didn’t use the word at all but managed...
Oct 19, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
The Fiscal Cliff X-Factor: The Debt Ceiling The Fiscal Cliff X-Factor: The Debt Ceiling
If Republicans take the debt ceiling hostage again, it could hurt the administration’s leverage for the fiscal cliff.
Oct 18, 2012 / George Zornick
What Does Mitt Romney Really Want for Women? What Does Mitt Romney Really Want for Women?
Add contraception and pay equity to the list of issues Romney keeps waffling on.
Oct 17, 2012 / Bryce Covert
Obama Outsources Romney Obama Outsources Romney
A dramatically more aggressive president called his challenger out again and again in a decade that saw Obama tell Toledo Romney’s “the last person who’s going to...
Oct 17, 2012 / John Nichols
Greg Kaufmann: Why Are Politicians Ignoring Poverty? Greg Kaufmann: Why Are Politicians Ignoring Poverty?
American voters care about rising inequality in the US. So why don’t presidential candidates seem to?
Oct 16, 2012 / Press Room
#TalkPoverty: Fifteen Questions for the Second Presidential Debate #TalkPoverty: Fifteen Questions for the Second Presidential Debate
There were no questions asked about poverty in the first presidential debate. Here are fifteen suggestions for tonight.
Oct 16, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
It’s Time to Debate Bain Capitalism It’s Time to Debate Bain Capitalism
Obama does not need to abandon his medium-cool persona to win tonight’s debate. He just has to set the agenda. He can do that by putting a human face on the issue of outsourc...
Oct 16, 2012 / John Nichols
Why Romney and Ryan’s ‘Reforms’ of Medicaid Would Likely Destroy It Why Romney and Ryan’s ‘Reforms’ of Medicaid Would Likely Destroy It
Past experience with block granting the social safety net paints a dismal picture.
Oct 15, 2012 / Bryce Covert
Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe
The EU's financial transaction tax should be a model for similar common sense reforms in the United States.
Oct 15, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel