The Fight Over Social Security’s Future Is On—But Which Side Is Obama On? The Fight Over Social Security’s Future Is On—But Which Side Is Obama On?
Obama's Fiscal Commission puts cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid "on the table." The president's response is "weak." Pelosi says, "This proposal ...
Nov 12, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
The Breakdown: How Can Obama Help Organized Labor? The Breakdown: How Can Obama Help Organized Labor?
With no help likely to come from Congress, Dorian Warren and Chris Hayes ask: what can Obama, his National Labor Relations Board appointees and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis can d...
Nov 12, 2010 / Audio / Chris Hayes
The Post-Midterms Game Plan for Progressives The Post-Midterms Game Plan for Progressives
It’s time for us to go big, challenge the limits of the debate and organize from the outside in.
Nov 10, 2010 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
The Life and Times of Bush the Clueless The Life and Times of Bush the Clueless
It takes a Harvard MBA to raze an economy. Perhaps that is too narrow a judgment given that a law degree from that institution or from Yale University seems to serve as well.
Nov 10, 2010 / Robert Scheer
The Breakdown: Will the Tea Party Stall the Economy? The Breakdown: Will the Tea Party Stall the Economy?
The Center for Economic and Policy Research's Dean Baker joins Christopher Hayes to answer the question: if Tea Party freshmen vote to not raise our debt ceiling as they vowed to d...
Nov 5, 2010 / Audio / Chris Hayes
City of Ruins City of Ruins
Camden, New Jersey, stands as a warning of what huge pockets of America could turn into.
Nov 4, 2010 / Feature / Chris Hedges
The End of Free-Trade Globalization The End of Free-Trade Globalization
To restore economic stability, the US must rethink its approach to domestic manufacturing.
Nov 4, 2010 / Feature / William Greider
Economy, Not Health Care or Deficits, Drove Midterm Vote Economy, Not Health Care or Deficits, Drove Midterm Vote
This week’s Republican "tsunami" is textbook politics: voters united around, well, the same frustrations they had two years ago.
Nov 3, 2010 / The Notion / Kai Wright
Payback at the Polls Payback at the Polls
Barack Obama deserved the rebuke he received at the polls for a failed economic policy that consisted of throwing trillions at Wall Street but getting nothing in return.
Nov 3, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Election Day Loss: ACORN Declares Bankruptcy Election Day Loss: ACORN Declares Bankruptcy
This is the final chapter in the long and winding right-wing witch hunt against an organization that stood strong for poor and working people.
Nov 2, 2010 / The Notion / Greg Kaufmann