Attacks On Government Workers in Tax Deal Attacks On Government Workers in Tax Deal
Republican activist Grover Norquist once famously declared that he'd like to shrink the federal government to the point where he could drown it in a bathtub—but a little-noti...
Dec 10, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Tax Cuts Forever? Tax Cuts Forever?
Republicans have spent their postelection victory lap fearmongering over the deficit. But now they've insisted all Bush tax cuts be extended, at great price to the national debt.
Dec 9, 2010 / Editorial / Chris Hayes
Decriminalizing Poverty Decriminalizing Poverty
America doesn't have a drug problem. It has a poverty problem.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Bruce Western
Obama’s Drug War Obama’s Drug War
The administration is promoting failed law enforcement programs as economic stimulus.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Michelle Alexander
Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism
Can the world sustain a country the size of China with an appetite for the good things in life on par with America's?
Dec 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Richard McGregor
Pelosi Has a Mandate to Demand ‘A Better Deal for the American People’ Pelosi Has a Mandate to Demand ‘A Better Deal for the American People’
The Democratic Caucus has rejected the agreement between White House and Republicans.
Dec 9, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
The Big Float’s a Big Scam The Big Float’s a Big Scam
WikiLeaks may be the biggest information explosion this week, but Wednesday's mammoth release of documents pertaining to the Fed's bank bailout program could well spark the most ou...
Dec 2, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Motel-land Motel-land
For Americans teetering on the edge of poverty, in other rooms there are other trials.
Dec 2, 2010 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski
Fed’s ‘Backdoor Bailout’ Provided $3.3 Trillion in Loans to Banks, Corporations Fed’s ‘Backdoor Bailout’ Provided $3.3 Trillion in Loans to Banks, Corporations
Audit reveals the scope of "emergency" loans. Bernie Sanders wants to know if "secret Fed loans turned out to be direct corporate welfare to big banks." I...
Dec 2, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Why Tax When You Can Freeze? Why Tax When You Can Freeze?
"The hard truth" is that controlling the deficit's going to "require some broad sacrifice" that public workers are going to have to share in, said the Pres.
Nov 30, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders