Politics

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Extremists Are Using ‘Despicable Politics’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Extremists Are Using ‘Despicable Politics’

Republican fanatics are trying to take the country back to a time when workers had no rights.

Mar 24, 2011 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Extremists Are Using ‘Despicable Politics’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Extremists Are Using ‘Despicable Politics’

Republican fanatics are trying to take the country back to a time when workers had no rights.

Mar 24, 2011 / The Ed Show

Nuclear Power Loses Its Alibi Nuclear Power Loses Its Alibi

When nuclear reactors blow, the first thing that melts down is the truth.

Mar 24, 2011 / Chip Ward

Wisconsin’s Last La Follette Blocks a ‘Dictator’ Governor’s Power Grab Wisconsin’s Last La Follette Blocks a ‘Dictator’ Governor’s Power Grab

Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette has successfully blocked the publication of Governor Scott Walker's anti-labor legislation for almost two weeks. Now, the co...

Mar 24, 2011 / John Nichols

Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Big Ideas for Education Reform

Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Big Ideas for Education Reform Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Big Ideas for Education Reform

Like her brother, President Obama, Soetoro-Ng wants to revamp school systems and broaden test-focused curriculums.

Mar 23, 2011 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Wake Up! End the Silence on Afghanistan Wake Up! End the Silence on Afghanistan

It's time to resolve the disconnect between public opinion and government policy towards Afghanistan.

Mar 23, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ten Calls From Congress for a Debate About War

Ten Calls From Congress for a Debate About War Ten Calls From Congress for a Debate About War

When it comes to President Obama's war of whim in Libya, Democrats and Republicans, liberals and libertarians are saying: The Constitution must be respected.

Mar 23, 2011 / John Nichols

Putting Some Bite Behind Elizabeth Warren Putting Some Bite Behind Elizabeth Warren

Paul Krugman called it “The War on Elizabeth Warren.” Yves Smith wrote about “The Elizabeth Warren Rorschach Test.” There's no doubt that the insightful H...

Mar 22, 2011 / Laura Flanders

Jeremy Scahill: Why Has the US Been Silent on Yemen’s Uprising?

Jeremy Scahill: Why Has the US Been Silent on Yemen’s Uprising? Jeremy Scahill: Why Has the US Been Silent on Yemen’s Uprising?

Does the silence of the Obama administration on the uprisings in Yemen have something to do with the US-backed president's role as a crucial partner in the war on terror?

Mar 22, 2011 / Press Room

Kucinich Proposes Congressional Action to Defund Undeclared Libya War Kucinich Proposes Congressional Action to Defund Undeclared Libya War

"We have already spent trillions of dollars on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.... Now, the President is plunging the United States into yet another war we cannot afford...

Mar 22, 2011 / John Nichols

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