Politics

Meet the Mayor Who’s Using Eminent Domain to Fight Foreclosure

Meet the Mayor Who’s Using Eminent Domain to Fight Foreclosure Meet the Mayor Who’s Using Eminent Domain to Fight Foreclosure

The fearless Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond, California, has taken on Chevron and big banks on behalf of taxpayers and underwater homeowners.

Nov 20, 2013 / Laura Flanders

New Yorkers Are Holding a Great Participatory Policy-Making Conference. Will de Blasio Listen?

New Yorkers Are Holding a Great Participatory Policy-Making Conference. Will de Blasio Listen? New Yorkers Are Holding a Great Participatory Policy-Making Conference. Will de Blasio Listen?

There are lots of ideas for the new mayor at the Transition Tent.

Nov 20, 2013 / Lizzy Ratner

Obamacare: Too Small to Succeed?

Obamacare: Too Small to Succeed? Obamacare: Too Small to Succeed?

The problems with the Affordable Care Act stem from government being too small and weak, not too big and powerful.

Nov 20, 2013 / Column / Richard Kim

Cheney Sisters in Public Feud Over Marriage —‘New York Times’ Headline Cheney Sisters in Public Feud Over Marriage —‘New York Times’ Headline

Yes, Liz and Mary now are fighting. Thanksgiving there should be exciting. On Turkey Day, we may get word On who was first to flip the bird.

Nov 20, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Oklahoma Is Schooling the Nation on Early Education

Oklahoma Is Schooling the Nation on Early Education Oklahoma Is Schooling the Nation on Early Education

Politicians pay lip service to the idea of preschool; the question is whether they will pay the bill.

Nov 20, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Kennedy Week: From Assassination to the Great Society

Kennedy Week: From Assassination to the Great Society Kennedy Week: From Assassination to the Great Society

What was the effect of Kennedy’s death on the success Johnson had passing his agenda?

Nov 20, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Kennedy Week: JFK as Nuclear Savior and Liberal Icon

Kennedy Week: JFK as Nuclear Savior and Liberal Icon Kennedy Week: JFK as Nuclear Savior and Liberal Icon

In the first in a series for the fiftieth anniversary of JFK’s death, this historian answers your questions.

Nov 19, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

The Invisible Hand of Business in the 2012 Election

The Invisible Hand of Business in the 2012 Election The Invisible Hand of Business in the 2012 Election

Recently filed tax returns shed light on some of the dark money that flooded the campaign season.

Nov 19, 2013 / Lee Fang

CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts

CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts

Members of Business Roundtable, a corporate lobby advocating for cuts to retirees’ benefts, have retirement acounts more than 1,200 times the size of the median American work...

Nov 19, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

These Lawmakers Have a Plan to Rein In NSA Spying

These Lawmakers Have a Plan to Rein In NSA Spying These Lawmakers Have a Plan to Rein In NSA Spying

And it’s a bipartisan effort.

Nov 19, 2013 / Robert Scheer

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