Elizabeth Warren Says She’ll Consider Massachusetts Senate Run Elizabeth Warren Says She’ll Consider Massachusetts Senate Run
Massachusetts might well elect Warren to the Senate, where she could lead the fight for reform.
Jul 19, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Will North America Be the New Middle East? Will North America Be the New Middle East?
It's yes or no for a climate-killing oil pipeline slated to run from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico—and Obama gets to make the call.
Jul 14, 2011 / Bill McKibben
Was Tim Pawlenty Really Popular in Minnesota? Was Tim Pawlenty Really Popular in Minnesota?
Tim Pawlenty says his electoral success in a blue state is his main qualification for the Republican presidential nomination. The only problem? He wasn’t that successful and ...
Jul 14, 2011 / The Notion / Ben Adler
Why Did the Clinton Foundation Fund Dangerous, Unhealthy Trailers in Haiti? Why Did the Clinton Foundation Fund Dangerous, Unhealthy Trailers in Haiti?
In the wake of Haiti's devastating earthquake last year, the Clinton Foundation funded the construction of hundreds of highly toxic, moldy, searingly hot emergency shelter trailers...
Jul 12, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!
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