| Oct 15, 2013 | Environment / HealthWhacking yourself on the head with a ball-peen hammer would be stupid. Doing it again and again? That’s insane. Welcome to your House of Representatives, presently led by a pack of tea-partying Republicans. They loathe the Affordable Care Act so much that they...
| Oct 9, 2013 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Ryan Alexander points out that Congress could have averted the government shutdown had it done “its constitutionally mandated job” while Marc Morial warns that unless lawmakers raise the debt ceiling, an economic disaster could...
| | Rights / DemocracyFifty years ago, two progressive former Kennedy administration officials opened the doors of the Institute for Policy Studies. Ever since, IPS public scholars have channeled our independence — from government and corporate money— to blend fresh, bold ideas with...
| | Rights / DemocracyFor the first time in 17 years, Congress failed to provide the funding to keep the entire government running. So now you have two classes of government service and two classes of employees: “essential” and “non-essential.” If you run a national...
| | Economy / BusinessShortly before the first government shutdown in 17 years, President Barack Obama addressed the Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference in Washington. He said the same thing he’s been telling the nation ever since, “We will not negotiate whether...
