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
The GOP’s Sick Priorities The GOP’s Sick Priorities
How deceptive for politicians to stress “entitlements” when they talk about gutting Social Security and Medicare, two programs long paid for by their beneficiaries.&nbs...
Jul 13, 2011 / Robert Scheer
ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc. ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc.
Wisconsin is just one front in ALEC's most recent war against against revenue and labor unions, part of an ongoing mission to privatize everything.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Joel Rogers and Laura Dresser
Ari Berman: The Public Cares About Jobs, Not the Debt Ceiling Ari Berman: The Public Cares About Jobs, Not the Debt Ceiling
Instead of growing the economy, both political parties have become obsessed with the debt crisis and ignored what the American people really want—jobs.
Jul 12, 2011 / MSNBC
Melissa Harris-Perry: Black Families Devastated by the Recession Melissa Harris-Perry: Black Families Devastated by the Recession
Melissa Harris-Perry explains the political history, and dangers, behind today's widening economic gap between the races.
Jul 12, 2011 / Press Room
Melissa Harris-Perry: Black Families Devastated by the Recession Melissa Harris-Perry: Black Families Devastated by the Recession
Melissa Harris-Perry explains the political history, and dangers, behind today's widening economic gap between the races.
Jul 12, 2011 / MSNBC
Obama’s Pivot to Jobs Long Overdue Obama’s Pivot to Jobs Long Overdue
The jobs crisis should be priority number one for the Obama Administration.
Jul 12, 2011 / Ari Berman
Ari Berman: The Public Cares About Jobs, Not the Debt Ceiling Ari Berman: The Public Cares About Jobs, Not the Debt Ceiling
Instead of growing the economy, both political parties have become obsessed with the debt crisis and ignored what the American people really want—jobs.
Jul 12, 2011 / Press Room
Are Republican Candidates Crazy or Just Cynical About the Debt Ceiling? Are Republican Candidates Crazy or Just Cynical About the Debt Ceiling?
Republican presidential candidates say we should not raise the debt ceiling. Have they lost their minds?
Jul 12, 2011 / Ben Adler