Government

GOP Debt-Ceiling Gambit is Part and Parcel of Paul Ryan’s Scheme to Gut Medicare, Social Security GOP Debt-Ceiling Gambit is Part and Parcel of Paul Ryan’s Scheme to Gut Medicare, Social Security

Make no mistake: Those members of the House who voted against raising the debt ceiling aided a Republican effort to force the gutting of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Jun 1, 2011 / John Nichols

‘Work for Peace’: A Movement to Bring the Troops and Tax Dollars Home ‘Work for Peace’: A Movement to Bring the Troops and Tax Dollars Home

Progressives launch drive to get Democratic senators to reshape national priorities—cut the military-industrial complex, support “Medicare for All.”

May 31, 2011 / John Nichols

Post-Legal America and the National Security Complex Post-Legal America and the National Security Complex

In terms of what used to be called “foreign policy,” and more recently “national security,” the United States is now a post-legal society.

May 31, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Who Says the Ryan Budget Privatizes Medicare, Threatens Seniors? Senate Republicans

Who Says the Ryan Budget Privatizes Medicare, Threatens Seniors? Senate Republicans Who Says the Ryan Budget Privatizes Medicare, Threatens Seniors? Senate Republicans

The Senate rejected Ryan's Medicare-cutting budget 57-40, as five Republicans voted “no."

May 26, 2011 / John Nichols

Patriot Act Extension Scheme Sells Out the Constitution Patriot Act Extension Scheme Sells Out the Constitution

The plan to renew the Patriot Act may have the backing of Democratic and Republican Congressional leaders and the Obama White House. But this is bad bipartisanship.

May 23, 2011 / John Nichols

Saying No to Permanent Global War Saying No to Permanent Global War

The annual reauthorization of the Department of Defense contains unprecedented and dangerous language that gives the President virtually unchecked power to take the country to war ...

May 19, 2011 / Dennis Kucinich

On Food Stamps, Gingrich Hasn’t a Clue On Food Stamps, Gingrich Hasn’t a Clue

SNAP—the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—is one of the strongest threads in our increasingly tattered safety net. But Gingrich started taking whacks at the pr...

May 19, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

From GOP ‘Golden Boy’ To Also-Ran: Paul Ryan’s Big Bad Bummer of a Week From GOP ‘Golden Boy’ To Also-Ran: Paul Ryan’s Big Bad Bummer of a Week

Newt Gingrich calls the House Budget Committee chair's  plan to gut Medicare  "right-wing social engineering." An attempt to relaunch the scheme ...

May 17, 2011 / John Nichols

Let’s End the Secret Money Arms Race Let’s End the Secret Money Arms Race

It's time to harness the overwhelming bipartisan support for curbing the influence of money in our elections.

May 16, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Noted. Noted.

Liliana Segura on Obama's immigration policy, D.D. Guttenplan and Maria Margaronis on the UK's faltering Liberal Democrats, and Frank Askin on electoral reform in New Jersey.

May 12, 2011 / Various Contributors

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