Politics

Will Eric Cantor’s Financial Backers Allow Him to Kill a Debt Ceiling Increase? Will Eric Cantor’s Financial Backers Allow Him to Kill a Debt Ceiling Increase?

 Eric Cantor and his fellow Republicans are so deeply beholden to Wall Street firms that would be damaged in a debt default, that one wonders if their stance is one big bluff....

Jul 11, 2011 / George Zornick

Does Ann Coulter Really Believe the US Bombed Egypt? Does Ann Coulter Really Believe the US Bombed Egypt?

On HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Chris Hayes responds to Ann Coulter's foreign policy misconceptions.

Jul 11, 2011 / Press Room

Does Ann Coulter Really Believe the US Bombed Egypt? Does Ann Coulter Really Believe the US Bombed Egypt?

On HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Chris Hayes responds to Ann Coulter's foreign policy misconceptions.

Jul 11, 2011 / HBO

A Creditable Left A Creditable Left

To recover lost ground, progressives should focus more on civil society than electoral politics.

Jul 11, 2011 / Feature / Richard Sennett

The Shelters That Clinton Built

The Shelters That Clinton Built The Shelters That Clinton Built

Structurally unsafe and laced with formaldehyde, the "hurricane-proof" classroom trailers installed by the Clinton Foundation in Haiti came from the same company being su...

Jul 11, 2011 / Feature / Isabel Macdonald and Isabeau Doucet

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Are the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Are the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate?

Katrina vanden Heuvel explains how we have to shift the budget debate from one centered around Washington’s debt crisis into one that looks at the full picture of America&rsq...

Jul 11, 2011 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Is the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Is the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate?

Katrina vanden Heuvel explains how we have to shift the budget debate from one centered around Washington's debt crisis into one that looks at the full picture of America's jobs cr...

Jul 11, 2011 / CNN

Gerrymandering Democracy: As Wisconsin Recall Elections Approach, GOP Creates New Senate Districts—and Confusion Gerrymandering Democracy: As Wisconsin Recall Elections Approach, GOP Creates New Senate Districts—and Confusion

Governor Scott Walker, Senate majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald Fitzwalkermandered districts: radically altering lines, drawing Democratic incumbents and challen...

Jul 11, 2011 / John Nichols

Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers

Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers

Jul 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Betty Ford: Feminist, Social Liberal, Republican

Betty Ford: Feminist, Social Liberal, Republican Betty Ford: Feminist, Social Liberal, Republican

The former first lady fought for the Equal Rights Amendment, defended Roe v. Wade and worked with NOW. Once upon a time in America, that was not unreasonable to expect of a Re...

Jul 9, 2011 / John Nichols

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