Government

An Empire of Autocrats, Aristocrats and Uniformed Thugs Begins to Totter An Empire of Autocrats, Aristocrats and Uniformed Thugs Begins to Totter

Across the Greater Middle East from Tunisia and Egypt to Bahrain and Yemen, democratic protests are threatening to sweep away subordinate elites crucial to the wielding of American...

Apr 25, 2011 / Alfred W. McCoy and Brett Reilly

The Issue Is Jobs, Not Deficit Reduction The Issue Is Jobs, Not Deficit Reduction

A Democratic congressman tells the president to stop reading from GOP talking points and start borrowing a page from FDR.

Apr 25, 2011 / John Nichols

A Responsible Republican Rejects Paul Ryan’s Fiscal Folly A Responsible Republican Rejects Paul Ryan’s Fiscal Folly

Maine's Susan Collins is no liberal. But she is not about to back Ryan's plan to gut Medicare and Medicaid. Will other GOP senators be as honest in their assessment of a bad bill?

Apr 23, 2011 / John Nichols

David Koch

Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch

Thanks to Citizens United, thousands of Koch Industries employees were told whom to vote for.

Apr 21, 2011 / Feature / Mark Ames and Mike Elk

Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch

Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch

Enabled by the Citizens United decision, Koch Industries told thousands of employees last October how to vote—and even how to think.

Apr 20, 2011 / Feature / Mark Ames and Mike Elk

A War Powers Challenge to Obama’s Libya Project A War Powers Challenge to Obama’s Libya Project

President Obama failed to seek a declaration of war before ordering US attacks on Libya. Now, he faces a challenge under the War Powers Resolution.

Apr 20, 2011 / John Nichols

Obama Needs A Budget to Match His Progressive Ideals Obama Needs A Budget to Match His Progressive Ideals

Why does President Obama continue to let Republicans define the terms of the budget debate?

Apr 19, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rand Paul’s Right About This: ‘The Military Budget Is Going to Have to Be Cut’ Rand Paul’s Right About This: ‘The Military Budget Is Going to Have to Be Cut’

Unlike Paul Ryan and “deficit hawk” pretenders, Kentucky Republican says Pentagon bloat must be addressed in any serious budget debate.

Apr 19, 2011 / John Nichols

Paul Ryan’s Authoritarian Freakout: Losing Control of Budget Vote, Congressman Screeches ‘Shut it Down’ Paul Ryan’s Authoritarian Freakout: Losing Control of Budget Vote, Congressman Screeches ‘Shut it Down’

What would Ryan's purported heroine, Ayn Rand, make of his big-government control freakery?

Apr 16, 2011 / John Nichols

Most House Democrats Reject Obama’s Austerity Budget Deal With GOP Most House Democrats Reject Obama’s Austerity Budget Deal With GOP

Agreement is approved by House and Senate, but Democratic opposition in the House is striking. In the Senate, Bernie Sanders votes no and says “this budget moves America in e...

Apr 15, 2011 / John Nichols

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