Political Ideologies

Pennsylvania’s GOP Governor Lets Gas Industry Have Its Way With Public Parks Pennsylvania’s GOP Governor Lets Gas Industry Have Its Way With Public Parks

Is the nation's best public park system poised to become an enormous gas field?

Apr 19, 2011 / Robert S. Eshelman

Obama vs. Ryan: Who’s Winning the Deficit Debate?

Obama vs. Ryan: Who’s Winning the Deficit Debate? Obama vs. Ryan: Who’s Winning the Deficit Debate?

Democrat strategists say that the deficit fight is good for Obama. But by conceding that debt is the biggest problem facing the country, the president is undermining the case for t...

Apr 19, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman

Is the Tea Party Phenomenon Over? Is the Tea Party Phenomenon Over?

This year, the Tea Party didn't get a big turnout for their Tax Day protests. Has this group that has held so much power over Washington seen its peak?

Apr 19, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Is The Tea Party Phenomenon Over? Is The Tea Party Phenomenon Over?

This year, the Tea Party didn't get a big turnout for their Tax Day protests. Has this group that has held so much power over Washington seen its peak?

Apr 19, 2011 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

MSM Mirrors GOP’s Line on Paul Ryan’s Medicare-Killing Budget Plan: Don’t Hurt His Feelings! MSM Mirrors GOP’s Line on Paul Ryan’s Medicare-Killing Budget Plan: Don’t Hurt His Feelings!

Even the non-Fox mainstream media is reporting more on Obama’s criticism of Ryan than on what Ryan’s plan would do to the poor and middle-class.

Apr 18, 2011 / The Notion / Leslie Savan

Paul Ryan’s Authoritarian Freakout: Losing Control of Budget Vote, Congressman Screeches ‘Shut it Down’ Paul Ryan’s Authoritarian Freakout: Losing Control of Budget Vote, Congressman Screeches ‘Shut it Down’

What would Ryan's purported heroine, Ayn Rand, make of his big-government control freakery?

Apr 16, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

After Budget Showdown, Women Under the Bus

After Budget Showdown, Women Under the Bus After Budget Showdown, Women Under the Bus

Planned Parenthood's funding may have survived, but Congress still trampled on women's rights.

Apr 14, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The False Debate on the Debt

The False Debate on the Debt The False Debate on the Debt

America is stuck in an absurd debate over how deeply to cut teachers’ pensions and seniors’ medical benefits while preserving tax breaks for the superrich.

Apr 13, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Social Security and the Deficit Should Not Be in the Same Sentence Social Security and the Deficit Should Not Be in the Same Sentence

Katrina vanden Heuvel talks about the political class in Washington's broke and bankrupt debate on the deficit.

Apr 12, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

We Can’t Win the Fight if We Can’t Tell the Story

We Can’t Win the Fight if We Can’t Tell the Story We Can’t Win the Fight if We Can’t Tell the Story

Whatever one thinks of the foreign and domestic policy outcomes of the past two years, it is clear that the Obama administration has stumbled in its ability to tell a compelling st...

Apr 12, 2011 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry

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