The New Corporate World Order The New Corporate World Order
Big government is big precisely because it is so active in so many costly ways in serving the interests of our biggest corporations.
Apr 20, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Thousands Protest Snyder’s Authoritarian Power Grab Thousands Protest Snyder’s Authoritarian Power Grab
The Shock Doctrine is at play in Michigan where budget cuts and fiscal chaos are exploited by Gov. Rick Snyder, who has sent his henchmen into communities to do his dirty work.
Apr 20, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny
Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social
Is there a journalism school somewhere that teaches up-and-comers to put stories into little boxes? Half our job in independent media, it seems to me, is putting the connections ba...
Apr 19, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
How the GOP Continues to Get it Wrong on the Deficit How the GOP Continues to Get it Wrong on the Deficit
Melissa Harris-Perry discusses the GOP's reaction to the S&P's lowering of its outlook on the US federal debt.
Apr 19, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Obama Needs A Budget to Match His Progressive Ideals Obama Needs A Budget to Match His Progressive Ideals
Why does President Obama continue to let Republicans define the terms of the budget debate?
Apr 19, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How the GOP Continues to Get it Wrong on the Deficit How the GOP Continues to Get it Wrong on the Deficit
Melissa Harris-Perry discusses the GOP's reaction to the S&P's lowering of its outlook on the US federal debt.
Obama vs. Ryan: Who’s Winning the Deficit Debate? Obama vs. Ryan: Who’s Winning the Deficit Debate?
Democrat strategists say that the deficit fight is good for Obama. But by conceding that debt is the biggest problem facing the country, the president is undermining the case for t...
Apr 19, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
BP’s Oil Spill Tax Credit Matches the EPA’s Entire Annual Budget BP’s Oil Spill Tax Credit Matches the EPA’s Entire Annual Budget
Environmental groups and US Uncut rally in Washington to demand that President Obama stand up to Big Polluters like BP and start making them pay their fair share.
Apr 19, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny
Rand Paul’s Right About This: ‘The Military Budget Is Going to Have to Be Cut’ Rand Paul’s Right About This: ‘The Military Budget Is Going to Have to Be Cut’
Unlike Paul Ryan and “deficit hawk” pretenders, Kentucky Republican says Pentagon bloat must be addressed in any serious budget debate.
Apr 19, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Demonizing Taxes, Heightening Inequality Demonizing Taxes, Heightening Inequality
Today is Tax Day in the US, and that's almost universally greeted with groans and complaints. That tax word's been so effectively demonized that it may be there's no coming b...
Apr 18, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders