Politics

LA’s Homeless Vets

LA’s Homeless Vets LA’s Homeless Vets

It seems unbelievable, but land dedicated to the VA for housing veterans has been denied to them—and LA has more homeless vets than any city in America.

Mar 20, 2013 / Jon Wiener

Cuomo vs. Cuomo Cuomo vs. Cuomo

Can he make New York the “progressive capital of the nation”—by empowering Republicans?

Mar 20, 2013 / Feature / Eric Alterman

John Nichols: The Death and Rebirth of Journalism

John Nichols: The Death and Rebirth of Journalism John Nichols: The Death and Rebirth of Journalism

If the field has a future, what will it look like? And what does this mean for American democracy?

Mar 20, 2013 / Press Room

Why a Democratic Majority Is Not Demographic Inevitability (Part Two: The Politics of Immigration Reform)

Why a Democratic Majority Is Not Demographic Inevitability (Part Two: The Politics of Immigration Reform) Why a Democratic Majority Is Not Demographic Inevitability (Part Two: The Politics of Immigration Reform)

Just because the Hispanic population is growing doesn't necessarily mean Democrats will harvest their votes forever—for what if they become “white”?

Mar 20, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

A Dying Iraq Vet’s Indictment of Bush and Cheney

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 / John Nichols

Labor Board Alleges Repeated Retaliation at Walmart’s Top US Warehouse

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 / Josh Eidelson

Greg Kaufmann: What’s Next for the Anti-Poverty Contract?

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 / Press Room

Progressives’ Budget Merits a Closer Look

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 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

GOP Begins Throwing Up Roadblocks to the EPA Nominee

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 / George Zornick

It’s Time to Play… Conservative Mystery Date!

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 / Tom Tomorrow

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