Terrible Ten in Congress Terrible Ten in Congress
Do we invest in affordable housing, or a mortgage interest deduction on vacation homes? Congress’s “Terrible Ten” force the poor to sacrifice for breaks for the r...
Sep 27, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Set Phrases to Stun Set Phrases to Stun
Alterman on classic rock and jazz, Reed on cliché's gravitational pull over media.
Sep 23, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
The Future of No Child Left Behind The Future of No Child Left Behind
President Obama is moving forward to reform NCLB unilaterally, but the House GOP has its own plan.
Sep 23, 2011 / Blog / Dana Goldstein
The Affordable Care Act Is Doing Its Job The Affordable Care Act Is Doing Its Job
A new Gallup poll shows that the health care bill has resulted in fewer young adults without health insurance.
Sep 22, 2011 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie
Nancy Pelosi: GOP’s ‘Let Him Die’ Moment Was ‘Heartbreaking’ Nancy Pelosi: GOP’s ‘Let Him Die’ Moment Was ‘Heartbreaking’
Never did the former Speaker of the House believe that her Republican counterparts would sink so low.
Sep 19, 2011 / Nation in the News / MSNBC
It’s Not ‘Class Warfare’ When the Rich Do It It’s Not ‘Class Warfare’ When the Rich Do It
Republicans—who have pushed to destroy the social safety net—have the gall to accuse President Obama of "class warfare" over his deficit reduction proposal.&n...
Sep 19, 2011 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie
Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits
Headlining Wisconsin's Fighting Bob Fest, the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country, the Vermont senator drew the loudest cheers for a stern warning to the presid...
Sep 18, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s Time to Remake Government by the People and for the People Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s Time to Remake Government by the People and for the People
The Republicans' partisan obstructionism must be rejected and combated from below if we are going to revive the economy.
Sep 14, 2011 / Nation in the News / The Ed Show
The Pointless Republican Victory in New York’s 9th The Pointless Republican Victory in New York’s 9th
Pundits see the race as a bad omen for Obama, but Democrat David Weprin’s loss may well have turned on Israel politics.
Magical Thinking Dominates Tea Party GOP Debate Magical Thinking Dominates Tea Party GOP Debate
Republican presidential candidates think economic and fiscal problems will be solved by magic instead of policies.