Politics

Who’s Paying the Super-Committee?

Who’s Paying the Super-Committee? Who’s Paying the Super-Committee?

The "super-committee" that will decide $1.5 trillion in cuts and potentially sweeping changes to entitlements and the tax code has raked in hundreds of millions of dollar...

Aug 12, 2011 / George Zornick

Republican Debate Offers No Policy Solutions

Republican Debate Offers No Policy Solutions Republican Debate Offers No Policy Solutions

At the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa, Republican candidates failed to explain how they would solve problems in the world that actually exists. 

Aug 12, 2011 / Ben Adler

Shall We Make That ‘US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts’? Shall We Make That ‘US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts’?

The nation’s most identifiable champion of financial reform and economic sanity signals a serious interest in seeking Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat.

Aug 12, 2011 / John Nichols

How Will Religion Influence the 2012 Presidential Race? How Will Religion Influence the 2012 Presidential Race?

Why is religion featuring so prominently in the Republican presidential race? What happened to jobs?

Aug 11, 2011 / Press Room

GOP Works to Block Obama’s Recess Appointments GOP Works to Block Obama’s Recess Appointments

Congress is technically on recess—but the Republican Congress is still holding symbolic meetings to prevent Obama's recess appointments.

Aug 11, 2011 / Press Room

How Will Religion Influence the 2012 Presidential Race? How Will Religion Influence the 2012 Presidential Race?

Why is religion featuring so prominently in the Republican presidential race? What happened to jobs?

Aug 11, 2011 / MSNBC

With Friends Like These… GOP Presidential Contenders Get Stomped by Palin, Perry Publicity With Friends Like These… GOP Presidential Contenders Get Stomped by Palin, Perry Publicity

Sorry guys and gals, but the Republicans who have spent months preparing to compete in tonight’s Iowa debate and Saturday’s Iowa straw poll are about to be elbowed asid...

Aug 11, 2011 / John Nichols

GOP Works to Block Obama’s Recess Appointments GOP Works to Block Obama’s Recess Appointments

Congress is technically on recess—but the Republican Congress is still holding symbolic meetings to prevent Obama's recess appointments.

Aug 11, 2011 / MSNBC

John Nichols: Wisconsin May Now Have a Pro-Labor Senate Majority John Nichols: Wisconsin May Now Have a Pro-Labor Senate Majority

John Nichols explains why last night's recall elections in Wisconsin were a victory for progressives.

Aug 10, 2011 / Press Room

A 24/7 Spotlight on Murdoch

A 24/7 Spotlight on Murdoch A 24/7 Spotlight on Murdoch

We need to regain and sustain that momentum If we are to have an independent, fearless and incorruptible media, we have to investigate the Murdochization of our media and politics ...

Aug 10, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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