The Fake Violence Against Women Act The Fake Violence Against Women Act
House Republicans want to legislate a hierarchy of victimhood.
May 17, 2012 / Salamishah Tillet
Sherrod Brown Held Corporations Accountable, Now They’re Spending Millions to Unseat Him Sherrod Brown Held Corporations Accountable, Now They’re Spending Millions to Unseat Him
Senator Sherrod Brown has been a leader in taking on the big banks, and now the Chamber of Commerce is retaliating.
May 15, 2012 / Zaid Jilani
The Deepwater Horizon Spill, Two Years Later The Deepwater Horizon Spill, Two Years Later
Could this be the last time Big Oil has to pay for its mistakes?
Apr 23, 2012 / Press Room
An Elite Consensus We Can’t Afford An Elite Consensus We Can’t Afford
Calls for bipartisanship ignore the simple reality that the GOP has been captured by the extreme right.
Apr 18, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Senate Can and Should Save the Postal Service The Senate Can and Should Save the Postal Service
Congress is debating various slash-and-burn proposals that would lead to privatization of the postal service. But it does not have to happen. The USPS is not broke. It ought t...
Apr 17, 2012 / John Nichols
What Allen West Does Not Know About Communists and Congress What Allen West Does Not Know About Communists and Congress
The congressman imagines he’s surrounded by radicals. But it was his own Republican Party, founded by utopian socialists and militant abolitionists, that brought Marxist idea...
Apr 13, 2012 / John Nichols
Will the JOBS Act Actually Create Jobs? Will the JOBS Act Actually Create Jobs?
Or will it encourage fraud?
Apr 2, 2012 / Chris Hayes
The Crisis Congress Continues The Crisis Congress Continues
Instead of actually working to solve problems, the GOP is pursuing an ideological agenda that is nothing less than legislative malpractice.
Mar 29, 2012 / Rep. Keith Ellison
Ryan Budget Creates Political Peril For GOP Candidates, Including Paul Ryan Ryan Budget Creates Political Peril For GOP Candidates, Including Paul Ryan
The House Budget Committee chair sees his budget provoking a referendum on “the fundamental nature of American democracy and the social contract”—or, perhaps, th...
Mar 21, 2012 / John Nichols
Ilya Sheyman’s Progressive Run Ilya Sheyman’s Progressive Run
To truly win back the House, we need to elect progressives.
Mar 7, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel