If Congress doesn't go after unemployment, some conservative Democrats are going to lose their jobs
By Robert Reich Nov 4, 2009
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The House minority leader attacks Dems for introducing empty resolutions -- while his members do the same
By Alex Koppelman
October 27, 2009
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The greatest threat to the U.S. economy is not creeping socialism. It's creeping subsidism
By Michael Lind
October 26, 2009
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Don't worry, Senate Democrats and the White House say, healthcare negotiations will be done soon enough
By Mike Madden
October 21, 2009
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The real unemployment rate is almost 20 percent. Here's what the federal government can do about the jobs crisis
By Michael Lind
October 19, 2009
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Want proof that journalism has devolved into entertainment? Watch "the communications arm of the Republican Party"
By Gene Lyons
October 15, 2009
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All that effort yields just one Republican vote for healthcare reform -- but the White House isn't counting
By Mike Madden
October 14, 2009
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Liberals want a public option, and see co-ops as a sellout. But if Congress passes co-ops, don't fret. They work
By Steven Hill
October 12, 2009
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Will Democrats make progressives accept a healthcare bill that doesn't include the public option?
By Mike Madden
September 25, 2009
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The Finance chair moves his committee along on healthcare reform -- and tries to make up with his fellow Democrats
By Mike Madden
September 23, 2009
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I was once a young neoconservative. The word meant something different then, before it was hijacked by extremists
By Michael Lind
September 22, 2009
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By ignoring GOP hooligans and getting his fellow Democrats behind his compelling vision of healthcare reform
By Joan Walsh
September 10, 2009
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Even some Republicans said their party had gone overboard in criticizing Obama for giving a speech to schoolkids
By Gene Lyons
September 10, 2009
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GOP Sen. Snowe suggests we give private health insurers a shot at reforming themselves first. Yeah, right
By Robert Reich
September 9, 2009
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The White House is arguing there's a choice between change and the status quo. But that may not make the left happy
By Mike Madden
September 9, 2009
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In 2008, progressive groups subverted their own agendas in the name of electoral unity. Where does that leave them?
By David Sirota
September 5, 2009
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President Obama has only himself to blame for the healthcare reform quagmire
By Gene Lyons
September 3, 2009
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Republicans are winning on healthcare for one reason: Discipline
By Robert Reich
September 1, 2009
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"These narrow interests win no matter how many Democrats are elected, no matter who controls the levers of power."
By Glenn Greenwald
August 29, 2009
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His list of achievements is epic, but he worked to fix healthcare for 40 years. Let's finish the job in his name
By Joe Conason
August 28, 2009
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Would the public option pass if he were around? Maybe not: The Senate's liberal conscience was also a horse-trader
By Mike Madden
August 27, 2009
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John Boehner has a busy first hundred days after the Republicans take back the House in November 2010
By Salon Staff
August 26, 2009
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Hey Democrats: Can liberal interest groups and social elites really form the basis of a successful political party?
By Michael Lind
August 25, 2009
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It's almost Labor Day. Healthcare reform is struggling, the public option is near dead. Why couldn't Obama deliver?
By Thomas Schaller
August 24, 2009
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Six senators representing 3 percent of the population are running things because the White House wants it that way
By Robert Reich
August 23, 2009