‘We Can’t Afford It’: The Big Lie About Medicaid Expansion ‘We Can’t Afford It’: The Big Lie About Medicaid Expansion
Citing deficit woes, at least six Republican governors say they won’t expand Medicaid. But closing tax breaks and loopholes for the wealthy would more than pay for the expans...
Jul 20, 2012 / Richard Kim
Romney ‘Goes for the Gold’ in London’s Libor Village Romney ‘Goes for the Gold’ in London’s Libor Village
Mitt is using the Olympic opening to collect cash from bankers who are at the center of an international rate-fixing scandal.
Jul 20, 2012 / John Nichols
Romney Mishandles Tax Returns Romney Mishandles Tax Returns
Even Republicans think Romney should release his taxes. He is making a political problem worse by dragging out the process.
Jul 19, 2012 / Ben Adler
Large, Profitable Companies Employ Most Minimum-Wage Earners Large, Profitable Companies Employ Most Minimum-Wage Earners
Corporations with plenty of money to spare could afford to pay workers more—they just won’t.
Jul 19, 2012 / George Zornick
Prominent Romney Defender Has Lobbying Ties to Bain Prominent Romney Defender Has Lobbying Ties to Bain
Former SEC Chair Harvey Pitt has led the defense of Mitt’s non-departure from Bain. But Pitt has Bain ties of his own.
Jul 19, 2012 / Lee Fang
George McGovern at 90: Still a Patriot With a Bleeding Heart George McGovern at 90: Still a Patriot With a Bleeding Heart
McGovern has always practiced a politics that runs deeper; a politics rooted in his love of America’s history, its literature and its possibility.
Jul 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
The National Security Complex and You The National Security Complex and You
Your security’s a joke (and you’re the butt of it).
Jul 19, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Solyndra and the Republican Outrage Machine Solyndra and the Republican Outrage Machine
Trying to lurch focus away from Romney’s Bain debacle, the GOP is manufacturing a scandal from the ashes of the failed solar start-up.
Jul 19, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
CFPB Demonstrates Why Banks Fought Its Creation Tooth-and-Nail CFPB Demonstrates Why Banks Fought Its Creation Tooth-and-Nail
After spending untold amounts of money battling the creation of the bureau, Capital One finds itself the first victim.
Jul 18, 2012 / George Zornick
Wisconsin Recalls Finally Check and Balance Scott Walker Wisconsin Recalls Finally Check and Balance Scott Walker
With the formal shift of control of the Wisconsin state Senate to Democratic control, America’s leading anti-labor governor can no longer govern at whim.
Jul 18, 2012 / John Nichols