What Republicans Can Learn From the Cold War What Republicans Can Learn From the Cold War
The realization that markets need government saved capitalism after World War II.
Oct 23, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Melvyn P. Leffler
Home Foreclosures Missing From Presidential Debates Home Foreclosures Missing From Presidential Debates
Fifteen million Americans are underwater on their mortgage payments, yet the presidential debates lacked a discussion about the housing crisis.
Oct 23, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
John Nichols: Bain Capital Has Shut Down American Plants John Nichols: Bain Capital Has Shut Down American Plants
Romney’s profit-over-people policies will ship US jobs overseas.
Oct 22, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
A Real Foreign Policy Debate Should Talk Trade and Human Rights A Real Foreign Policy Debate Should Talk Trade and Human Rights
Trade policy is about economics. But it’s also about human rights—and whether countries that claim to support freedom and fairness really do.
Oct 22, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Romney’s Recession Reaganomics Romney’s Recession Reaganomics
STUDENT FINALIST: With staggering unemployment, Romney’s trickle-down policies are the last thing the United States needs.
Oct 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Audrey Yu
Joblessness Is the Most Important Issue of the Election Joblessness Is the Most Important Issue of the Election
STUDENT WINNER: The president needs to reassure middle-class American that he has and will continue to combat long-term unemployment.
Oct 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Andrew Giambrone
Is Your Boss Going to ‘Mine’ Your Vote? More Corporations Step Up Coercion Is Your Boss Going to ‘Mine’ Your Vote? More Corporations Step Up Coercion
Lobbyists for mining companies and hundreds of other businesses are taking advantage of the Citizens United decision to pressure employees into voting Republican.
Dave Zirin: Lance Armstrong Is Done Dave Zirin: Lance Armstrong Is Done
The famous cyclist is unlikely to rebound if even morally bankrupt Nike is cutting ties.
Oct 19, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Mitt Romney’s Economic Hitman Mitt Romney’s Economic Hitman
Mark the name of R. Glenn Hubbard, the man who will make your life miserable if Mitt Romney is elected president.
Oct 19, 2012 / Robert Scheer
This Week in Poverty: What We Talk About When We Talk About Poverty This Week in Poverty: What We Talk About When We Talk About Poverty
In the second presidential debate, Governor Romney used the word poverty without saying anything of substance about it. President Obama didn’t use the word at all but managed...
Oct 19, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann