Will Obama Fight for Post-Warren Consumer Bureau? Will Obama Fight for Post-Warren Consumer Bureau?
Obama was unwilling to fight for Elizabeth Warren. Will he now fight for the survival of the consumer bureau she convinced him to create?
Jul 18, 2011 / Ari Berman
This Week: A Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis. PLUS: Four Major Investigations This Week: A Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis. PLUS: Four Major Investigations
This week, gridlock over the debt-crisis is deflecting attention from the real issue—14 million people unemployed. The Murdoch scandle gets worse; contributor D.D. Guttenplan...
Jul 15, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
With ALEC Exposed, Common Cause Demands an IRS Audit of Corporate-Funded Group’s Gaming of State Lawmaking With ALEC Exposed, Common Cause Demands an IRS Audit of Corporate-Funded Group’s Gaming of State Lawmaking
Revelations about American Legislative Exchange Council project to link corporate interests with state legislators to impose an agenda that protects polluters, privatizes public ed...
Jul 15, 2011 / John Nichols
Budget Cuts and the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Budget Cuts and the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike
Gov. Jerry Brown's prison budget cuts ensure that what is happening at Pelican Bay won't be an isolated event.
Jul 15, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
What Keeps Single Women From Saving for Retirement? What Keeps Single Women From Saving for Retirement?
Women's social roles—not to mention structural economic constraints—actually make it more expensive to be female in the United States.
Jul 14, 2011 / Press Room
Celebrating Woody Guthrie’s Birthday With Arlo and the Radical Version of ‘This Land…’ Celebrating Woody Guthrie’s Birthday With Arlo and the Radical Version of ‘This Land…’
In Wisconsin, union activists are joining Arlo Guthrie to sing the full version of "This Land Is Your Land" -- including the class-conscious, economic-justice lines.
Jul 14, 2011 / John Nichols
What Keeps Single Women from Saving for Retirement? What Keeps Single Women from Saving for Retirement?
Women's social roles—not to mention structural economic constraints—actually make it more expensive to be female in the United States.
Jul 14, 2011 / MSNBC
What Was Obama’s Secret in Winning the Debt Standoff? What Was Obama’s Secret in Winning the Debt Standoff?
Some liberals argue Obama's three-dimensional chess is finally paying off.
Jul 13, 2011 / Ari Melber
Debt Ceiling Delusions Debt Ceiling Delusions
Republicans walked away from a budget deal not because cuts weren’t steep enough but because they included tax increases on the wealthiest. If they’re drawing a line in...
Jul 13, 2011 / The Editors
Trading Against Colombia Trading Against Colombia
A new trade deal with Colombia will flood the country with cheap US agricultural products, devastating rural farmers.
Jul 13, 2011 / David Callahan and Lauren Damme