Buying Congress in 2012 Buying Congress in 2012
Time to stop being cynical about corporate money in politics and start being angry.
Jan 5, 2012 / Bill McKibben
Rick Santorum Is Not a ‘Working-Class Candidate’ Rick Santorum Is Not a ‘Working-Class Candidate’
Conservative commenators and mainstream reporters describing Santorum as an advocate of the working class based solely on his rhetoric, when his actual policies are plutocratic.&nb...
Kai Wright: Poverty Is Not a Personal Choice Kai Wright: Poverty Is Not a Personal Choice
Is poverty a culture issue or a policy issue?
Jan 4, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Meet Rick Santorum, Big-Spending Bush Republican Meet Rick Santorum, Big-Spending Bush Republican
Is Santorum the doctrinaire conservative alternative to Romney? Nope. On the size and cost of government, Santorum is a sell-out.
‘The Iron Lady’: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don’t Need ‘The Iron Lady’: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don’t Need
In the new bio-pic, Margaret Thatcher's iron isn’t just rusty, it’s melted down into something soft and personal. The Iron Lady gives us Thatcher, the ABBA Version...
Jan 4, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Obama Stakes His Claim to the Middle Class Obama Stakes His Claim to the Middle Class
In announcing his appointment of Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, President Obama doubles-down on his populist rhetoric.
Jan 4, 2012 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie
Obama Bucks GOP, Nominates CFPB Chief Obama Bucks GOP, Nominates CFPB Chief
President Obama installed Richard Cordray as head of the CFPB today—and prepared for battle with Republicans over consumer protection from financial predators.
Jan 4, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
Electoral Dysfunction, 2012 Electoral Dysfunction, 2012
Awash in Super PAC money, defined by negative TV ads, degraded by dumbed-down media and poisoned by voter suppression—this is not what democracy looks like.
Jan 4, 2012 / Editorial / The Editors
Noted. Noted.
Jamelle Bouie on Ben Nelson’s terrible tenure, Josh Eidelson on the NLRB’s new election rules, plus: battling ALEC in Virginia
Jan 4, 2012 / Editorial / Various Contributors
Obama and the Indefinite Detention of US Citizens Obama and the Indefinite Detention of US Citizens
With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act, the president has brought Guantánamo-style justice to the United States.
Jan 4, 2012 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn