Schumer Calls Out Dems on Regressive Tax Reform Schumer Calls Out Dems on Regressive Tax Reform
The influential New York senator is urging his party not to pursue across-the-board rate cuts.
Oct 9, 2012 / George Zornick
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Turn to ‘Austerity-Light’ Would Consign This Country to a New Normal of Joblessness Katrina vanden Heuvel: Turn to ‘Austerity-Light’ Would Consign This Country to a New Normal of Joblessness
Vanden Heuvel also talks about the GOP’s “post-truth” politics and the Denver debate on C-Span's Washington Journal.
Oct 5, 2012 / Press Room
Progressives Want a Stronger Focus on Protecting the Safety Net Progressives Want a Stronger Focus on Protecting the Safety Net
In Charlotte, progressives wish the party was making stronger promises not to cut Medicare and Social Security.
Sep 5, 2012 / George Zornick
Will Women Get Pushed Off the Fiscal Cliff? Will Women Get Pushed Off the Fiscal Cliff?
Sequestration cuts will hit women fastest and hardest.
Jul 30, 2012 / Bryce Covert
Obama: No More Tax Breaks for Top Earners Obama: No More Tax Breaks for Top Earners
Democrats are trying to break the anti-tax absolutism of the GOP and claim a mandate on reform after the elections.
Jul 9, 2012 / George Zornick
The Left Needs to Pressure Democrats on Taxmageddon The Left Needs to Pressure Democrats on Taxmageddon
Democrats don't have a strategy for the biggest policy faceoff of the year, and progressives should force them to adopt one.
Jun 7, 2012 / George Zornick
The Post-Racial Delusion The Post-Racial Delusion
The shooting of Trayvon Martin reminds us that the post-racial future was never really a possibility.
Mar 23, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie