Jose Antonio Vargas and the DREAM Act Jose Antonio Vargas and the DREAM Act
After a career of blending into the crowd, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas has come out of hiding about his legal status and has vowed to only cover immigration issues.
Jun 28, 2011 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Those Reckless Republicans Those Reckless Republicans
The GOP is addled by extremist ideology and vengeful partisanship. As the debt-ceiling talks have demonstrated, the party makes the routine difficult and the necessary impossible.
Jun 28, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Could the Greek Economic Crisis Affect the US Economy? Could the Greek Economic Crisis Affect the US Economy?
Economic unrest in Greece has the potential to quickly spread through the entire European Union—and back to the US where the crisis originated on Wall Street.
Jun 28, 2011 / WGBH
Chris Hayes: Are Republicans Deliberately Tanking the Economy? Chris Hayes: Are Republicans Deliberately Tanking the Economy?
The GOP has disowned some of their favorite ideas—pay as you go budgets, cap and trade, raising the debt ceiling—once President Obama has endorsed them.
Jun 28, 2011 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Domestic Workers Need Rights–but Can Working Families Afford What They’ll Cost? Domestic Workers Need Rights–but Can Working Families Afford What They’ll Cost?
As domestic workers win state-level struggles for workplace protections, their employers—many of them middle-class families—get stuck with the bill, while the governmen...
Jun 28, 2011 / Bryce Covert
Debtocracy: The Story of Greece’s Financial Ruin Debtocracy: The Story of Greece’s Financial Ruin
Debtocracy strikes an ironic chord of dissonance between Greece's glorious past and perilous present.
Jun 28, 2011 / The Nation Video
Bernie Sanders to Obama and the Democrats: Stand Up to the Economic and Political ‘Schoolyard Bullies’ Bernie Sanders to Obama and the Democrats: Stand Up to the Economic and Political ‘Schoolyard Bullies’
Vermont Senator rallies citizens to defend Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Jun 27, 2011 / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders Tells Obama, ‘We Will Not Balance the Budget on the Backs of Working Families’ Bernie Sanders Tells Obama, ‘We Will Not Balance the Budget on the Backs of Working Families’
Read the full text of Senator Bernie Sanders's statement to Congress on the balancing the budget.
Jun 27, 2011 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders to Obama: ‘Do Not Yield to Outrageous Republican Demands’ on Taxes, Cuts, Deficit Policy Bernie Sanders to Obama: ‘Do Not Yield to Outrageous Republican Demands’ on Taxes, Cuts, Deficit Policy
Vermont's independent senator urges the president to reject GOP demands that the budget be balanced on the backs of working Americans.
Jun 27, 2011 / John Nichols
29 Miners and Massey’s Coal Crimes 29 Miners and Massey’s Coal Crimes
A report released last month found that Massey Energy was largely responsible for the mine explosion that killed 29 people. But little justice has been rendered.
Jun 26, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel