Economics

Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter

A budget plan that cuts over 200 federal programs and expands military spending reveals the president's misplaced priorities.

Feb 15, 2011 / Democracy Now!

John Nichols on America’s Socialist Legacy John Nichols on America’s Socialist Legacy

 As the right works to portray Obama as a socialist, John Nichols explains how positive socialist ideals have been blacklisted from our political discourse. 

Feb 15, 2011 / Political Affairs

Debunking Deficit Hysteria Debunking Deficit Hysteria

Poll after poll shows that the public favors job creation over deficit reduction. So why are both parties AWOL on jobs?

Feb 15, 2011 / Ari Berman

The Escalating War Against Labor The Escalating War Against Labor

On Ed Schultz's radio show, John Nichols explains that the GOP campaign against unions will be a struggle for America's future.

Feb 14, 2011 / The Ed Schultz Show

Outsourcing Potential, Forgetting Workers Outsourcing Potential, Forgetting Workers

Can a country continue to innovative if it’s not making the stuff it innovates?

Feb 14, 2011 / Laura Flanders

The Obama Budget: Challenging or Appeasing the GOP?

The Obama Budget: Challenging or Appeasing the GOP? The Obama Budget: Challenging or Appeasing the GOP?

Obama's budget rejects the steep cuts advocated by Republicans and his deficit commission. But the president is still playing on the GOP’s turf by emphasizing cuts instead of...

Feb 14, 2011 / Ari Berman

Budget That Cuts Programs for Poor While Upping Pentagon Spending Fails a Moral Test Budget That Cuts Programs for Poor While Upping Pentagon Spending Fails a Moral Test

The president's budget is a compromise document. Republicans say it does not go far enough. But it slashes low-income heating assistance, community programs, higher-ed loans and en...

Feb 14, 2011 / John Nichols

Dishonoring Reagan Dishonoring Reagan

The former president set in motion a sizable slice of the fantasies destroying America.

Feb 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn

It Takes a Village, Not a Tiger

It Takes a Village, Not a Tiger It Takes a Village, Not a Tiger

Whether you're a tiger mother, a soccer mom, a helicopter parent or something else, if you're not in poverty, then your kids will probably end up okay.

Feb 10, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt

And They Called It… And They Called It…

Reed reports on the Republicans’ efforts to prove that when it comes to climate change, the deficit and pretty much anything else, they can be both hostile and disrespectful.

Feb 10, 2011 / Eric Alterman

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