Government

Paul Ryan Looks to Break an Old Promise With a New Plan to Mess With Medicare

Paul Ryan Looks to Break an Old Promise With a New Plan to Mess With Medicare Paul Ryan Looks to Break an Old Promise With a New Plan to Mess With Medicare

The House Budget Committee chairman is so determined to advance his austerity agenda that he’s talking about abandoning commitments to Americans nearing retirement.

Mar 5, 2013 / John Nichols

This Week: Stumbling Toward Sequestration This Week: Stumbling Toward Sequestration

The $85 billion sequester will hurt our economy—and our people.

Mar 2, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

John Nichols: Where’s Ronald Reagan When You Need Him?

John Nichols: Where’s Ronald Reagan When You Need Him? John Nichols: Where’s Ronald Reagan When You Need Him?

Why are Capitol Hill’s austerity hawks driving the budget conversation?

Mar 1, 2013 / Press Room

Did the DC Circuit Court Give a Green Light for Union-Busting?

Did the DC Circuit Court Give a Green Light for Union-Busting? Did the DC Circuit Court Give a Green Light for Union-Busting?

The Communications Workers of America says that the ruling overturning Obama’s nominations emboldened employers—like the one that terminated twenty-two union activists....

Mar 1, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions

This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions

Republican Senator Jeff Sessions uses some very creative math to prove that people in poverty have incomes that are similar to the middle class.

Mar 1, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Gotta Sequester? Or Was Cheney Right That ‘Deficits Don’t Matter’?

Gotta Sequester? Or Was Cheney Right That ‘Deficits Don’t Matter’? Gotta Sequester? Or Was Cheney Right That ‘Deficits Don’t Matter’?

There is a lot of hypocrisy in the sudden Republican obsession with deficits and debt.

Mar 1, 2013 / John Nichols

‘Homeland Security’: The Trillion-Dollar Concept That No One Can Define

‘Homeland Security’: The Trillion-Dollar Concept That No One Can Define ‘Homeland Security’: The Trillion-Dollar Concept That No One Can Define

Few are asking the hard questions about what security we actually need—and how to keep track of the billions of dollars that the government pours into it.

Feb 28, 2013 / Mattea Kramer and Chris Hellman

Voters Send a Loud Anti-NRA Message

Voters Send a Loud Anti-NRA Message Voters Send a Loud Anti-NRA Message

Robin Kelly's resounding victory in Illinois' special election for US House is a blow to pro-gun hawks nationwide. 

Feb 27, 2013 / John Nichols

John Nichols: Sequestration’s Zombie Economics

John Nichols: Sequestration’s Zombie Economics John Nichols: Sequestration’s Zombie Economics

Nation writer John Nichols appears on Democracy Now! to discuss the myths and realities of the impending “sequestration.”

Feb 26, 2013 / Press Room

The Human Costs of Sequester

The Human Costs of Sequester The Human Costs of Sequester

Rather than obsessing over a deficit boogie man, we should be putting financially battered Americans back to work.

Feb 26, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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