Politics

Meet Erick Erickson, the New-Media Rush Limbaugh Meet Erick Erickson, the New-Media Rush Limbaugh

Although unknown to many liberals, Red State’s Erick Erickson is an exemplar of the new right-wing media activists pushing the GOP to extremes. 

Aug 2, 2011 / Ben Adler

Slide Show: The 8 Biggest Winners and Losers of the Debt Ceiling Deal

Slide Show: The 8 Biggest Winners and Losers of the Debt Ceiling Deal Slide Show: The 8 Biggest Winners and Losers of the Debt Ceiling Deal

The Senate passed a debt deal today that will raise the debt ceiling into 2013 and reduce government spending by $2.5 trillion. Now that the bill has been signed into law by Presid…

Aug 2, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Debt Deal Exposes America’s Democratic Deficit

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Debt Deal Exposes America’s Democratic Deficit Katrina vanden Heuvel: Debt Deal Exposes America’s Democratic Deficit

The political and economic elite are drifting further and further away from the rest of the country.

Aug 2, 2011 / The Diane Rehm Show

Winners and Losers in Congress’s Debt Deal Winners and Losers in Congress’s Debt Deal

The Nation's Ari Melber on MSNBC's The Last Word describes how Barack Obama might have made the debt ceiling and eventual debt deal more of a compromise and less of a concessi...

Aug 2, 2011 / Press Room

Time to Lower America’s War Ceiling? Time to Lower America’s War Ceiling?

Exploring the war crisis that lurks behind the debt-ceiling crisis.

Aug 2, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Who’s Helped and Who’s Harmed By Debt Deal?

Who’s Helped and Who’s Harmed By Debt Deal? Who’s Helped and Who’s Harmed By Debt Deal?

The deal savages programs for the lower and middle classes, while hedge fund managers and oil companies probably won’t sacrifice a cent. 

Aug 1, 2011 / George Zornick

Republican Presidential Candidates Slam Debt Deal Republican Presidential Candidates Slam Debt Deal

With the exception of Huntsman, the candidates oppose the deal--a sign that the field will push the party even further to the right during the campaign.

Aug 1, 2011 / Ben Adler

The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor

Years after ALEC's Truth In Sentencing bills became the law of the land, its Prison Industries Act has quietly expanded prison labor across the country.

Aug 1, 2011 / Mike Elk and Bob Sloan

Debunking the Myth that Sports and Politics Don’t Overlap Debunking the Myth that Sports and Politics Don’t Overlap

Sports has a rich tradition of resistance politics. 

Aug 1, 2011 / The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel on ‘All Things Considered’: Debt Ceiling Compromises and Consequences Katrina vanden Heuvel on ‘All Things Considered’: Debt Ceiling Compromises and Consequences

All of the plans on the table for solving the debt crisis, including the finalized plan, are far removed from the needs and wants of ordinary Americans.

Aug 1, 2011 / Press Room

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