Obama Gets His Tax Deal, Reanimating Reaganomics Obama Gets His Tax Deal, Reanimating Reaganomics
With the deal now done, key Democrats warn about mounting deficits and threat to social programs, with Oregon's Peter DeFazio declaring: "This is a raw deal for seniors, taxpa...
Dec 17, 2010 / John Nichols
Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks
There's a new blockbuster out just in time for the holidays: Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks.
Dec 15, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Tax Cut Compromise May Benefit Students Tax Cut Compromise May Benefit Students
A new compromise between leading Republicans and President Obama to extend an expiring tax policy may end up benefiting some of its student opponents.
Dec 14, 2010 / StudentNation / Victor Gamez
Briefing: Richard Kim & Betsy Reed on Obama’s Tax Cut Deal Briefing: Richard Kim & Betsy Reed on Obama’s Tax Cut Deal
For Kim and Reed, Obama's caving to Republican pressure on extending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans was a defeat, even if it resulted in some good results for progressives. ...
Dec 13, 2010 / Press Room
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Bernie Sanders is Right about Obama’s Tax Cut Deal Part 2 Katrina vanden Heuvel: Bernie Sanders is Right about Obama’s Tax Cut Deal Part 2
On The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, Katrina vanden Heuvel commends Bernie Sanders for standing up for the marginalized voices in the tax debate.
Dec 13, 2010 / The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann
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 / 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 / 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