The GOP’s Sick Priorities The GOP’s Sick Priorities
How deceptive for politicians to stress “entitlements” when they talk about gutting Social Security and Medicare, two programs long paid for by their beneficiaries.&nbs...
Jul 13, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Mitch McConnell Opens the Escape Hatch in Debt Limit Talks Mitch McConnell Opens the Escape Hatch in Debt Limit Talks
Senate minority leader wants to give up Republican leverage and just let Obama raise the debt ceiling. It’s a stunning concession, but will it work?
Jul 13, 2011 / George Zornick
Real Democrats Beat GOP Fakes in All Six Wisconsin Recall Primaries Real Democrats Beat GOP Fakes in All Six Wisconsin Recall Primaries
Republicans even recruited fake Democrats to run in Tuesday's primaries. But voters chose the real Democrats by overwhelming margins.
Jul 13, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
ALEC Exposed ALEC Exposed
A trove of documents reveals the vast procorporate strategy of this powerful right-wing group.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / John Nichols
ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc. ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc.
Wisconsin is just one front in ALEC's most recent war against against revenue and labor unions, part of an ongoing mission to privatize everything.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Joel Rogers and Laura Dresser
ALEC Exposed: Sabotaging Healthcare ALEC Exposed: Sabotaging Healthcare
To a former health insurance executive, ALEC's fight against “Obamacare” looks familiar—and straight out of the corporate playbook.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Wendell Potter
ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection
Untold sums of cash poured into ALEC by Charles and David Koch have been an effective investment in advancing their worldview.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Lisa Graves
ALEC Exposed: Rigging Elections ALEC Exposed: Rigging Elections
Looking toward 2012, ALEC is peddling “Voter ID” laws to disenfranchise voters least likely to support their right-wing candidates.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / John Nichols
Ari Berman: The Public Cares About Jobs, Not the Debt Ceiling Ari Berman: The Public Cares About Jobs, Not the Debt Ceiling
Instead of growing the economy, both political parties have become obsessed with the debt crisis and ignored what the American people really want—jobs.
Why Did the Clinton Foundation Fund Dangerous, Unhealthy Trailers in Haiti? Why Did the Clinton Foundation Fund Dangerous, Unhealthy Trailers in Haiti?
In the wake of Haiti's devastating earthquake last year, the Clinton Foundation funded the construction of hundreds of highly toxic, moldy, searingly hot emergency shelter trailers...
Jul 12, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room