Politics

Kennedy Week: From Assassination to the Great Society

Kennedy Week: From Assassination to the Great Society Kennedy Week: From Assassination to the Great Society

What was the effect of Kennedy’s death on the success Johnson had passing his agenda?

Nov 20, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Kennedy Week: JFK as Nuclear Savior and Liberal Icon

Kennedy Week: JFK as Nuclear Savior and Liberal Icon Kennedy Week: JFK as Nuclear Savior and Liberal Icon

In the first in a series for the fiftieth anniversary of JFK’s death, this historian answers your questions.

Nov 19, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

The Invisible Hand of Business in the 2012 Election

The Invisible Hand of Business in the 2012 Election The Invisible Hand of Business in the 2012 Election

Recently filed tax returns shed light on some of the dark money that flooded the campaign season.

Nov 19, 2013 / Lee Fang

CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts

CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts

Members of Business Roundtable, a corporate lobby advocating for cuts to retirees’ benefts, have retirement acounts more than 1,200 times the size of the median American work...

Nov 19, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

These Lawmakers Have a Plan to Rein In NSA Spying

These Lawmakers Have a Plan to Rein In NSA Spying These Lawmakers Have a Plan to Rein In NSA Spying

And it’s a bipartisan effort.

Nov 19, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Bernie Sanders Might Just Have to Run for President

Bernie Sanders Might Just Have to Run for President Bernie Sanders Might Just Have to Run for President

The independent senator is a reluctant prospect. But he says the times demand a progressive alternative to politics as usual.

Nov 19, 2013 / John Nichols

Witnesses to Hunger (and Poverty) on the Hill

Witnesses to Hunger (and Poverty) on the Hill Witnesses to Hunger (and Poverty) on the Hill

Five Witnesses to Hunger came to Capitol Hill to talk poverty and hunger with Congress.

Nov 19, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Republican Alternatives to Healthcare

Republican Alternatives to Healthcare Republican Alternatives to Healthcare

You've got to admire their creativity.

Nov 19, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

The Fracking Industry’s Dishonest Response to ‘Gasland’

The Fracking Industry’s Dishonest Response to ‘Gasland’ The Fracking Industry’s Dishonest Response to ‘Gasland’

A new disclosure shows that the fracking industry has spent millions to buy off political support. 

Nov 18, 2013 / Lee Fang

As He Runs for President, Scott Walker Runs From His Record

As He Runs for President, Scott Walker Runs From His Record As He Runs for President, Scott Walker Runs From His Record

In his campaign book, Unintimidated, the controversial Wisconsin governor offers a rewrite of his history.

Nov 18, 2013 / John Nichols

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