U.S. Lawmakers Quick to Spurn Pope After His Plea to Protect Climate
The Boehner-led House passed an anti-environmental bill right after the pope urged Congress to protect nature.
Hurricane Francis
The People’s Pope will shake up Washington before addressing the UN General Assembly and meeting with prisoners.
When Bibi Came to Town
Nearly 60 lawmakers did the right thing by skipping the Israeli prime minister’s speech on Iran.
Obama v. Boehner: A Netanyahu Story
Benjamin Netanyahu will lobby Congress from the same podium where President Obama gave the State of the Union at the invite of John Boehner. Phyllis Bennis and Michael Tomasky join MSNBC’s The Last Word to discuss why.
Boehners’ Invitation to Netanyahu a Provocation Aimed at War with Iran
Phyllis Bennis says the invitation issued to Netanyahu to speak to U.S. Congress, and the call for more sanctions against Iran, is a call for war
Boehner Invites Netanyahu to U.S. Congress Without Consulting the White House
Phyllis Bennis joins Lawrence O’Donnell on The Last Word: “This goes beyond partisan politics — it is more urgently involved with the question of negotiations with Iran.”
Latest “Fiscal Cliff” Proposals Would Deepen Inequality
The early reaction by many progressive organizations is that it would be better to go over the cliff than accept the emerging bargain the President has offered.
Maceo Protests at Deficit Talks in Washington
A 10-year-old’s perspective of the debt ceiling debacle.
The Road to Budget Sanity
Cutting military spending would make us leaner and meaner; stronger, not weaker.
Wanted: 21st-Century Gun Laws for 21st-Century Weapons
Life seldom imitates Clint Eastwood movies. Even when it does, you rarely get to be Clint.
GOP: Man of the Year
The Republicans hit on the strategy of acting as though they’d won the 2008 elections.
The Problem with the Obama Tax Compromise
Should we really be negotiating with a party that is dominated by corporatists who are happy with the increasing concentration of wealth?
Rep. Gilchrest: Stop Climate Change Now
Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest sees a hard slog ahead to get climate change legislation passed in Congress. But he sees no other choice.