A Dying Iraq Vet’s Indictment of Bush and Cheney A Dying Iraq Vet’s Indictment of Bush and Cheney
Tomas Young accuses the White House of war crimes and murder, including that of “the thousands of young Americans—my fellow veterans—whose future you stole.&rdquo...
Mar 20, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Labor Board Alleges Repeated Retaliation at Walmart’s Top US Warehouse Labor Board Alleges Repeated Retaliation at Walmart’s Top US Warehouse
Workers won their jobs back with a three-week strike, but then got fired all over again.
Mar 20, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
Greg Kaufmann: What’s Next for the Anti-Poverty Contract? Greg Kaufmann: What’s Next for the Anti-Poverty Contract?
Tens of millions of Americans can rise out of extreme poverty—if policy-makers respond to a growing national movement.
Mar 20, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Progressives’ Budget Merits a Closer Look Progressives’ Budget Merits a Closer Look
While the mainstream media obsesses over Paul Ryan's extremist budget proposal, the Congressional Progressive Caucus has quietly devised an effective plan to create jobs and cut th...
Mar 19, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GOP Begins Throwing Up Roadblocks to the EPA Nominee GOP Begins Throwing Up Roadblocks to the EPA Nominee
The first Republican attack on Obama’s nominee to the EPA reveals the party’s fundamental beef with the agency as a whole.
Mar 19, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
It’s Time to Play… Conservative Mystery Date! It’s Time to Play… Conservative Mystery Date!
Who'll be the lucky man (or troll) for you?
Mar 19, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
Not Just Hillary Clinton: Why So Many Republicans Are Embracing Marriage Equality Not Just Hillary Clinton: Why So Many Republicans Are Embracing Marriage Equality
Republicans know they must turn toward supporting gay marriage—evidence of how much progress LGBT activists have made.
Mar 19, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Josh Eidelson: Will Justice Be Served for McDonald’s Guest Workers? Josh Eidelson: Will Justice Be Served for McDonald’s Guest Workers?
The US’s guest worker program is riddled with holes—and abuse. Just ask McDonald’s workers on “cultural exchange.”
Mar 18, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
A Failed Whale, and How to Fix It A Failed Whale, and How to Fix It
JPMorgan Chase gamed the system to hide risky trades. Will Congress let them go free?
Mar 18, 2013 / Alexis Goldstein
Right and Left in Democratic Politics: The Long View Right and Left in Democratic Politics: The Long View
The party has always harbored conservatives and sell-outs to big business and pro-austerity boosters. The point is not to deny them, but to beat them.
Mar 18, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein