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
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
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