Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare
The threatened government shutdown was averted, but Democrats agreed to $38 billion in budget cuts. Here's what we'll see in the next negotiations.
Apr 7, 2011 / The Editors
Curbing Big Money Curbing Big Money
Momentum is growing to reform campaign finance and rebalance our election system.
Apr 7, 2011 / Nick Nyhart and David Donnelly
Noted. Noted.
John Nichols on JoAnne Kloppenburg's narrow win in Wisconsin; various contributors on Manning Marable
Apr 7, 2011 / Various Contributors
Put the Banksters on Trial Put the Banksters on Trial
In the foreclosure scandal, the crooks are still calling the shots.
Mar 30, 2011 / William Greider
Back at You, Glenn Beck Back at You, Glenn Beck
Overnight, Glenn Beck transformed me into an all-powerful agent of “economic terrorism”—when all I did was call for Americans to reject bad financial deals.
Mar 30, 2011 / Stephen Lerner
Noted. Noted.
Roane Carey on The Nation’s victory against warrantless wiretapping, John Nichols on Wisconsin’s William Cronon and Riddhi Shah on India and Pakistan’s “cricket diplomacy.”
Mar 30, 2011 / Various Contributors
Elizabeth Taylor: What Becomes a Legend Most Elizabeth Taylor: What Becomes a Legend Most
Remembering the icon, a pro at sex and survival.
Mar 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
Jimmy Carter: Lift Trade Embargo Against Cuba Jimmy Carter: Lift Trade Embargo Against Cuba
The former US president calls for open travel for US citizens and freedom for Alan Gross and the Cuban Five.
Mar 30, 2011 / Peter Kornbluh
The Libya Intervention The Libya Intervention
Military “solutions” to grave humanitarian crises are tempting, but history shows that they rarely solve anything.
Mar 24, 2011 / The Editors
Obama Loves Nukes Obama Loves Nukes
Even as Fukushima threatens to unleash the greatest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl, the president champions nuclear power in the United States.
Mar 24, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard