Government

Did Predatory Lenders Pay These 12 Lawmakers to Hobble the CFPB?

Did Predatory Lenders Pay These 12 Lawmakers to Hobble the CFPB? Did Predatory Lenders Pay These 12 Lawmakers to Hobble the CFPB?

An ethics complaint filed this week alleges that industry lobbyists and donors crossed the fuzzy line between routine fundraising and a quid pro quo arrangement.

Oct 8, 2015 / Joshua Holland

The Culture That Capitalism Created

The Culture That Capitalism Created The Culture That Capitalism Created

An interview with Boots Riley.

Oct 8, 2015 / Laura Flanders

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson Takes on Kevin McCarthyism Alan Grayson Takes on Kevin McCarthyism

Did the speaker-in-waiting reveal “a clear and unequivocal misuse of appropriated funds for political purposes” in the targeting of Hillary Clinton?

Oct 8, 2015 / John Nichols

Ben Carson

Ben Carson Just Keeps Getting More Awful. Why? Ben Carson Just Keeps Getting More Awful. Why?

The mild-mannered reactionary used to be the anti-Trump. Now he’s one-upping him on guns. This won’t end well.

Oct 7, 2015 / Joan Walsh

TPP Protest

The TPP Prioritizes the ‘Rights’ of Corporations Over Workers, the Environment, and Democracy The TPP Prioritizes the ‘Rights’ of Corporations Over Workers, the Environment, and Democracy

‘‘Corporations still have an extra-judicial process to enforce their rights. That’s not the case for labor and environmental standards.’’

Oct 7, 2015 / John Nichols

Laurie Anderson Guantanamo

Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread

The US government has abdicated its role in prosecuting those responsible for torture following 9/11. It has fallen on civil society to take up the charge.

Oct 7, 2015 / John Knefel

East Lansing union protest

The US Tells Other Countries to Respect Unions—Shouldn’t the US Do the Same? The US Tells Other Countries to Respect Unions—Shouldn’t the US Do the Same?

This country needs a Workplace Democracy Act to assure that workers who join unions do not face retaliation and barriers to collective bargaining.

Oct 6, 2015 / John Nichols

Anti-abortion activists

The War on Planned Parenthood The War on Planned Parenthood

Lives in the balance must be defended.

Oct 6, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Hillary Clinton Is Running to Bernie Sanders’s Left on This One Issue

Hillary Clinton Is Running to Bernie Sanders’s Left on This One Issue Hillary Clinton Is Running to Bernie Sanders’s Left on This One Issue

Clinton just came out with a tough plan to tighten gun laws. Will Sanders stick to his guns—or try a new approach?

Oct 5, 2015 / Joan Walsh

Planned Parenthood rally in DC

4 Ways You Can Support Planned Parenthood Right Now 4 Ways You Can Support Planned Parenthood Right Now

Already turned your profile picture pink and signed a petition? Here’s what else you can do.

Oct 2, 2015 / Dani McClain

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