What Does Mitt Romney Really Want for Women? What Does Mitt Romney Really Want for Women?
Add contraception and pay equity to the list of issues Romney keeps waffling on.
Oct 17, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Obama Outsources Romney Obama Outsources Romney
A dramatically more aggressive president called his challenger out again and again in a decade that saw Obama tell Toledo Romney’s “the last person who’s going to...
Oct 17, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Greg Kaufmann: Why Are Politicians Ignoring Poverty? Greg Kaufmann: Why Are Politicians Ignoring Poverty?
American voters care about rising inequality in the US. So why don’t presidential candidates seem to?
Oct 16, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
#TalkPoverty: Fifteen Questions for the Second Presidential Debate #TalkPoverty: Fifteen Questions for the Second Presidential Debate
There were no questions asked about poverty in the first presidential debate. Here are fifteen suggestions for tonight.
Oct 16, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
It’s Time to Debate Bain Capitalism It’s Time to Debate Bain Capitalism
Obama does not need to abandon his medium-cool persona to win tonight’s debate. He just has to set the agenda. He can do that by putting a human face on the issue of outsourc...
Oct 16, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Why Romney and Ryan’s ‘Reforms’ of Medicaid Would Likely Destroy It Why Romney and Ryan’s ‘Reforms’ of Medicaid Would Likely Destroy It
Past experience with block granting the social safety net paints a dismal picture.
Oct 15, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe
The EU's financial transaction tax should be a model for similar common sense reforms in the United States.
Oct 15, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Global Noise: Worldwide Debt Protests Global Noise: Worldwide Debt Protests
Hundreds of thousands of protesters in more than thirty countries flooded the streets over the weekend to protest debt and austerity.
Oct 15, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
This Week in Poverty: Cutting Poverty in Half in Ryan’s Wisconsin This Week in Poverty: Cutting Poverty in Half in Ryan’s Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, a new proposal four years in the making would reduce poverty in the state by at least half—if only there were the political will.
Oct 12, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
John Nichols: Paul Ryan Is No Champion of American Auto Workers John Nichols: Paul Ryan Is No Champion of American Auto Workers
Paul Ryan claims he’s dedicated to reviving the American auto industry. But his voting record says otherwise.
Oct 11, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room