Government

Senate Democrats Should Have Embraced Surtax on Millionaires Senate Democrats Should Have Embraced Surtax on Millionaires

Senate Budget Committee chair Kent Conrad had a good, old-fashioned prairie-populist idea for addressing deficits: Impose a surtax on millionaires. His colleagues should have embra...

Jun 18, 2011 / John Nichols

Jillian C. York: Using ‘National Security’ Concerns to Hide Internet Censorship Jillian C. York: Using ‘National Security’ Concerns to Hide Internet Censorship

At the 2011 Personal Democracy Forum, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Jillian C. York discusses WikiLeaks and the censorship of expression on the Internet.

Jun 17, 2011 / The Nation

Feingold to Netroots Nation: Call Out Corporate Democrats Feingold to Netroots Nation: Call Out Corporate Democrats

Corporate money corrupts, warns former senator, in a call for the netroots to challenge those in both parties who "dance with the devil."

Jun 17, 2011 / John Nichols

Peter King’s ‘Muslim Radicalization’ Hearings Risk Repeating History Peter King’s ‘Muslim Radicalization’ Hearings Risk Repeating History

As a young, Japanese-American child, I was held in an internment camp out of prejudice and war hysteria. America can't make the same mistake again.

Jun 14, 2011 / Mike Honda

The Government Nudge: A Public Role in the Private Sector

The Government Nudge: A Public Role in the Private Sector The Government Nudge: A Public Role in the Private Sector

The government has the power to spur innovation and reshape the economy—but it must be willing to flex its muscle.

Jun 8, 2011 / Feature / Robert Weissman

On Weinergate: In Defense of Acting Like an Adult On Weinergate: In Defense of Acting Like an Adult

What kind of a professional has phone sex from his office during business hours with his staff just outside the door? Not one with his priorities in order.

Jun 8, 2011 / Dana Goldstein

The Real Meaning of Santorum The Real Meaning of Santorum

Before he was an internet punchline, Rick Santorum was the baby face of compassionate conservatism. Remember that?

Jun 6, 2011 / Richard Kim

Boehner Protects Obama’s Libya Mission By Engineering a Mild Rebuke While Blocking Kucinich’s Real Plan to End It Boehner Protects Obama’s Libya Mission By Engineering a Mild Rebuke While Blocking Kucinich’s Real Plan to End It

Congress debated about how to respond to the undeclared war in Libya. Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich and a lot of old-school, anti-interventionist Republicans backed an anti-war ...

Jun 3, 2011 / John Nichols

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB

Why does the bank lobby and the politicians in its pocket feel so threatened by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?

Jun 2, 2011 / The Nation

White House, Congressional Leaders Block Open Debate on Undeclared War With Libya White House, Congressional Leaders Block Open Debate on Undeclared War With Libya

The House was supposed to debate Congressman Kucinich's proposal to end the war in Libya. But the resolution was pulled from the floor calendar in a classic case of derelictio...

Jun 1, 2011 / John Nichols

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