Lobbyists Snag Top Staff Positions on Capitol Hill Lobbyists Snag Top Staff Positions on Capitol Hill
Lobbyists are winning top jobs in Congress and are poised to provide big legislative favors to their former employers.
The Problem in New York Politics Is Big Money, Not Small Parties The Problem in New York Politics Is Big Money, Not Small Parties
Rather than limiting third parties' influence, Gov. Andrew Cuomo should work with them to take action on campaign finance reform.
May 9, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
If the Government Does It, It’s ‘Legal’ If the Government Does It, It’s ‘Legal’
In the name of homeland security, the US has spent seven years and untold dollars silencing one man.
May 9, 2013 / Peter Van Buren
GOP Immigration Amendments Boost Drones, Incarceration and Criminalization GOP Immigration Amendments Boost Drones, Incarceration and Criminalization
Meanwhile, Republicans oppose green cards for same-sex couples.
The Reverse Revolving Door: How Corporate Insiders Are Rewarded Upon Leaving Firms for Congress The Reverse Revolving Door: How Corporate Insiders Are Rewarded Upon Leaving Firms for Congress
Disclosures reveal that corporations and lobbying firms award six-figure bonuses to staff who leave to take powerful positions on Capitol Hill.
May 4, 2013 / Lee Fang
Austerity Is ‘Suffocating the Economy’ Austerity Is ‘Suffocating the Economy’
The latest jobs numbers are weak. Why? We're dying by slow sequester cuts.
May 3, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
‘Dirty Wars’: A Look Into America’s Secret Killing Machine ‘Dirty Wars’: A Look Into America’s Secret Killing Machine
In his film, Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill unveils America's extrajudicial, covert, transcontinental battlefield.
May 2, 2013 / Video / The Nation
How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank
Battalions of regulatory lawyers burrowed deep in the federal bureaucracy to foil reform.
Apr 30, 2013 / Feature / Gary Rivlin
Senate to Investigate Texas Plant Explosion Senate to Investigate Texas Plant Explosion
Why won't the EPA regulate ammonium nitrate? Barbara Boxer wants to know.
Apr 30, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
The Bangladeshi Blood on America’s Hands The Bangladeshi Blood on America’s Hands
When will free-traders-gone-wild own up to their complicity in brutal injustices like last week’s deadly factory fire?
Apr 30, 2013 / Blog / William Greider