After the Debt-Ceiling Debacle After the Debt-Ceiling Debacle
Maybe now we can get back to making sense of news about the real economy and the struggles people are experiencing every day.
Aug 4, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Spending Cuts Are Two Sacred Cows Strapped Together With a Time Bomb The Spending Cuts Are Two Sacred Cows Strapped Together With a Time Bomb
This “Super” Committee is actually a ticking time bomb strapped to two sacred cows: military spending and social spending.
Aug 4, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Will the Pentagon Suffer in the Debt Deal? Will the Pentagon Suffer in the Debt Deal?
It might, but it’s going to take a lot of work to counter the Iron Triangle and its lobbyists.
Aug 4, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The Spending Cuts Are Two Sacred Cows Strapped Together With a Time Bomb The Spending Cuts Are Two Sacred Cows Strapped Together With a Time Bomb
This "Super" Committee is actually a ticking time bomb strapped to two sacred cows: military spending and social spending.
Memo to Frank Bruni: Women Have Been Devastated by the Economic Downturn Memo to Frank Bruni: Women Have Been Devastated by the Economic Downturn
Times columnist Frank Bruni ignores the dramatic toll the economic downturn has taken on women.
Aug 4, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin S. Donohoe
Pawlenty Versus Bachmann Heats up in Iowa Pawlenty Versus Bachmann Heats up in Iowa
Tim Pawlenty knows that his only route to the Republican nomination is by process of elimination, so he’s trying to eliminate Michele Bachmann.
Aug 3, 2011 / The Notion / Ben Adler
Is It Time to Downgrade the Rating Agencies? Is It Time to Downgrade the Rating Agencies?
Despite playing a hugely damaging role in the 2009 financial collapse, credit rating agencies were a central player in the debt ceiling debate. When will Washington learn to ignore...
Aug 3, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
How Obama Can Challenge GOP Obstruction How Obama Can Challenge GOP Obstruction
Republican obstructionism is hurting Obama as much as the GOP’s hostage-taking negotiating strategy on the economy.
Aug 3, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
The Hidden Casualty of the Debt Deal The Hidden Casualty of the Debt Deal
When Congress, the president and the media run roughshod over popular will and citizen action, small-d democracy pays the price.
Aug 3, 2011 / Ilyse Hogue
How the Koch Brothers Are Blocking the Vote in Wisconsin How the Koch Brothers Are Blocking the Vote in Wisconsin
Once again, the Koch Brothers are pouring money into a campaign to keep Wisconsin Democrats from voting in the recall elections.
Aug 3, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room