What Should Democrats Demand in the Budget Showdown? What Should Democrats Demand in the Budget Showdown?
If Republicans feel entitled to push pet projects in exchange for opening the government or avoiding default, Democrats should call them on it—and detail their own demands.
Oct 8, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Mitch McConnell’s Moneyocracy Mitch McConnell’s Moneyocracy
McConnell will ask the Supreme Court to scrap campaign contribution limits today in the McCutcheon v. FEC case—if they agree, it will be a massive setback to campaign finance refor...
Oct 8, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown
Cut off from federal funding, programs serving abused women may be forced to close.
Oct 8, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Racism and Cruelty: What’s Behind the GOP’s Healthcare Agenda? Racism and Cruelty: What’s Behind the GOP’s Healthcare Agenda?
Republicans replay their Southern Strategy in an attempt to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
Oct 8, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Giant Killer Robots and Other Safeguards of Democracy Giant Killer Robots and Other Safeguards of Democracy
The Tea Party's latest legislative maneuver.
Oct 8, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
Meet the Evangelical Cabal Orchestrating the Shutdown Meet the Evangelical Cabal Orchestrating the Shutdown
The Conservative Action Project, the organization orchestrating the shutdown strategy, is run by a cabal of evangelical and radical-right leaders.
Oct 8, 2013 / Lee Fang
The Hidden Danger in the Supreme Court’s ‘McCutcheon’ Case The Hidden Danger in the Supreme Court’s ‘McCutcheon’ Case
A Supreme Court case about campaign contribution limits could also deal a blow to other good government laws.
Oct 7, 2013 / Lee Fang
No Country for Young Women: America’s War on Girls’ Bodies No Country for Young Women: America’s War on Girls’ Bodies
A 16-year-old woman in Nebraska has been forced to carry a child to birth by a court—we must stop punishing young women for their bodies and let them make their own choices. ...
Oct 7, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
Shutdown, Sequestered and Days of Awe Shutdown, Sequestered and Days of Awe
The state of things for people in poverty—made worse by the sequester and shutdown—should cause awe in every member of Congress.
Oct 7, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Many Government Workers Are Expected to Work for Free During the Shutdown Many Government Workers Are Expected to Work for Free During the Shutdown
Government workers all across the country protest the shutdown that deprives them of paychecks.
Oct 7, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny