Tim Pawlenty Wants to Super Size the Bush Tax Cuts Tim Pawlenty Wants to Super Size the Bush Tax Cuts
Compared to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's plan for tax reform, the Bush tax cuts are a quaint example of fiscal restraint.
Jun 16, 2011 / The Notion / Jamelle Bouie
Catholic Church Amps Up Its Fight Against Aid in Dying Catholic Church Amps Up Its Fight Against Aid in Dying
If the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has its way, patients across the country will suffer a broad-spectrum loss of rights.
Jun 16, 2011 / Ann Neumann
Sound and Fury, but Few Facts, at Rep. King’s ‘Prislam’ Hearing Sound and Fury, but Few Facts, at Rep. King’s ‘Prislam’ Hearing
Rep. Peter King held another hearing into Islamic radicalization today, this time focusing on prisons. But he failed to prove his case.
Jun 15, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Fighting Foreclosure in Boston Fighting Foreclosure in Boston
An unlikely grassroots coalition is keeping residents in their homes, one property at a time.
Jun 15, 2011 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Nikki Haley’s Pay-to-Play Politics Nikki Haley’s Pay-to-Play Politics
South Carolinians are beginning to feel duped by their new governor’s cronyism.
Jun 15, 2011 / Feature / Corey Hutchins
Noted. Noted.
Renée Feltz on Democratic defections from President Obama's immigration enforcement program, Kevin Gosztola on the widening war on WikiLeaks and John Nichols on the FCC
Jun 15, 2011 / Editorial / Various Contributors
Weiner in a Box Weiner in a Box
Congressman Anthony Weiner says he'll resign, the latest politician brought down by haters and shamers like Andrew Breitbart and a national media that has the sexual maturity of a ...
Jun 15, 2011 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski
Obama’s Puerto Rico Pit Stop Obama’s Puerto Rico Pit Stop
For the first time in fifty years, a sitting president visits the United States' largest territory—where citizens can't vote in presidential elections, but are still hit up f...
Jun 15, 2011 / Félix Jiménez
Katrina vanden Heuvel: How Far Right Is Michele Bachmann? Katrina vanden Heuvel: How Far Right Is Michele Bachmann?
The media has focused too much on Bachmann's self-styled image and not enough on the far-right policy positions and neo-McCarthy politics she has embraced as a member of Congress.
Jun 15, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Governor Walker’s Anti-Union Bill Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Governor Walker’s Anti-Union Bill
It's official—the high court of Wisconsin has re-instated Scott Walker's union-busting "Budget Repair Bill" as the law of the land.
Jun 15, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room