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 / The Notion / Ben Adler
Obama’s Proposed Medicare Age Hike Means a 12 Percent Benefit Cut for the Average Senior Obama’s Proposed Medicare Age Hike Means a 12 Percent Benefit Cut for the Average Senior
The president has reportedly proposed raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. That's bad fiscal policy, bad economics and bad politics.
Jul 12, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
The Shelters That Clinton Built The Shelters That Clinton Built
Structurally unsafe and laced with formaldehyde, the "hurricane-proof" classroom trailers installed by the Clinton Foundation in Haiti came from the same company being su...
Jul 11, 2011 / Feature / Isabel Macdonald and Isabeau Doucet
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Are the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Are the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate?
Katrina vanden Heuvel explains how we have to shift the budget debate from one centered around Washington’s debt crisis into one that looks at the full picture of America&rsq...
Jul 11, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers
Jul 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
As Unemployment Spikes, Obama’s Got a Bigger Problem Than the Debt Ceiling As Unemployment Spikes, Obama’s Got a Bigger Problem Than the Debt Ceiling
The president is wrong to even consider putting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid on the table. Campaign czar David Plouffe is even more wrong to suggest that unemployment is not...
Jul 8, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
With Rupert Murdoch’s Empire in Crisis, What of Fox and His American Project? With Rupert Murdoch’s Empire in Crisis, What of Fox and His American Project?
Murdoch’s media conglomerate, embroiled in a British phone-hacking scandal, has been forced to close one of its largest holdings, the News of the World newspaper. A critical ...
Jul 7, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
The Worst Things in Life Aren’t Free The Worst Things in Life Aren’t Free
Eric on David Brooks's underying nonsense and Reed on media paying for story rights (*cough* the Casey Anthony trial).
Jul 7, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Is Tim Pawlenty Responsible for the Minnesota Government Shutdown? Is Tim Pawlenty Responsible for the Minnesota Government Shutdown?
His budget gimmicks as governor contributed to the current crisis.
Jul 7, 2011 / The Notion / Ben Adler
With Entitlements on the Table, Obama Plans to Go Big on a Budget Deal With Entitlements on the Table, Obama Plans to Go Big on a Budget Deal
The president is ready to support changes to Social Security and Medicare to get a deal on the debt ceiling. If the past is any indication, this was the plan.
Jul 7, 2011 / The Notion / Jamelle Bouie