Policing Fitzwalkerstan: Top Cop Investigates Alleged Assault of High-Court Justice by Ally of Wisconsin’s Governor Policing Fitzwalkerstan: Top Cop Investigates Alleged Assault of High-Court Justice by Ally of Wisconsin’s Governor
A sheriff who has stood up to Governor Walker and defended the rule of law is called in to investigate allegations that a Walker ally attacks a state supreme court justice.
Jun 28, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Chris Hayes: Are Republicans Deliberately Tanking the Economy? Chris Hayes: Are Republicans Deliberately Tanking the Economy?
The GOP has disowned some of their favorite ideas—pay as you go budgets, cap and trade, raising the debt ceiling—once President Obama has endorsed them.
Jun 28, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Debt Ceiling Theatrics Get More Dangerous by the Day Debt Ceiling Theatrics Get More Dangerous by the Day
As Republican threats not to raise the debt ceiling become more credible, the danger to the economy gets more serious.
Jun 28, 2011 / George Zornick
Domestic Workers Need Rights–but Can Working Families Afford What They’ll Cost? Domestic Workers Need Rights–but Can Working Families Afford What They’ll Cost?
As domestic workers win state-level struggles for workplace protections, their employers—many of them middle-class families—get stuck with the bill, while the governmen...
Jun 28, 2011 / Bryce Covert
The Beck Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum The Beck Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum
Just like in the movies, Glenn Beck has served his purpose as the sidekick who saves the hero and is then offed by bigger powers that be.
Jun 28, 2011 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Bernie Sanders to Obama and the Democrats: Stand Up to the Economic and Political ‘Schoolyard Bullies’ Bernie Sanders to Obama and the Democrats: Stand Up to the Economic and Political ‘Schoolyard Bullies’
Vermont Senator rallies citizens to defend Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Jun 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders Tells Obama, ‘We Will Not Balance the Budget on the Backs of Working Families’ Bernie Sanders Tells Obama, ‘We Will Not Balance the Budget on the Backs of Working Families’
Read the full text of Senator Bernie Sanders's statement to Congress on the balancing the budget.
Jun 27, 2011 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
Supreme Court Removes Another Barrier to Corporate Ownership of Elections Supreme Court Removes Another Barrier to Corporate Ownership of Elections
With a decision barring matching funds to counter attack ads from privately funded candidates, the court has undermined one of the last tools for fair elections.
Jun 27, 2011 / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders to Obama: ‘Do Not Yield to Outrageous Republican Demands’ on Taxes, Cuts, Deficit Policy Bernie Sanders to Obama: ‘Do Not Yield to Outrageous Republican Demands’ on Taxes, Cuts, Deficit Policy
Vermont's independent senator urges the president to reject GOP demands that the budget be balanced on the backs of working Americans.
Jun 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Fitzwalkerstan ‘Justice’: Wisconsin Governor Walker’s Judicial Fixer Accused of Assaulting Dissenting Jurist Fitzwalkerstan ‘Justice’: Wisconsin Governor Walker’s Judicial Fixer Accused of Assaulting Dissenting Jurist
As Justice David Prosser was battling on the state Supreme Court on behalf of Governor Walker's anti-labor agenda, he reportedly attacked a justice who disagreed with him. This is ...
Jun 25, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols