Congress Renews Efforts to Curb NSA Surveillance Congress Renews Efforts to Curb NSA Surveillance
At least a dozen bills are pending in Congress, with top lawmakers calling for reform.
Sep 24, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Defunding Gambit Will Hurt Patients in Boehner’s District Defunding Gambit Will Hurt Patients in Boehner’s District
The only part of healthcare reform that could be defunded at this point helps constituents in Republican districts.
Sep 24, 2013 / Lee Fang
The Case for Gun Liability Laws The Case for Gun Liability Laws
When the government is worried that you might abuse that second bottle of NyQuil, it’s not unreasonable to put limits on gun purchases.
Sep 24, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule
The Texas senator wants to change Senate rules so his anti-Obamacare strategy can “win” even when it loses.
Sep 24, 2013 / John Nichols
Morning Joe’s Week-long Whine Over Obama ‘Optics’ Morning Joe’s Week-long Whine Over Obama ‘Optics’
Complaining that O’s timing stinks, they declare his presidency pretty much over.
Sep 20, 2013 / Leslie Savan
EPA Announces First-Ever Carbon Limits for New Power Plants EPA Announces First-Ever Carbon Limits for New Power Plants
The rules won’t affect current greenhouse gas emissions, but they set a framework for regulating carbon under the Clean Air Act.
Sep 20, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Republican Lawmakers Are Playing Politics With Human Lives, in Four Pictures Republican Lawmakers Are Playing Politics With Human Lives, in Four Pictures
Republicans have acknowledged that the health reform programs they intend to defund help save lives.
Sep 20, 2013 / Lee Fang
Anatomy of Outrage: On the Obamacare Resistance Anatomy of Outrage: On the Obamacare Resistance
Friday’s House vote to fund the government and defund the Affordable Care Act won’t derail healthcare reform, but sabotage might.
Sep 20, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Blame a Feminist: The Top Tragedies Feminism Has Wrought Blame a Feminist: The Top Tragedies Feminism Has Wrought
Are you having a bad day? It’s probably a feminist’s fault.
Sep 20, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
This Week in Poverty: New Data, Same Story (and Same Dangerous House Republicans) This Week in Poverty: New Data, Same Story (and Same Dangerous House Republicans)
The new Census data on poverty doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know--nothing will change without a formidable political movement.
Sep 20, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann