My argument that liberals should bargain with corporations and not outright fight them, in the New York Times opinion piece "How Liberals Win," is not terribly populist, for better or worse. And I expected people on the populist left would not readily accept it. I wasn't expecting conservatives to...

The following is an excerpt of an article published by Grist.

Recently the New York Times published my op-ed “How Liberals Win,” in which I argued that throughout American history, liberal advancements have been mainly achieved with corporate support, and not without. For example, FDR needed corporations to...

Tonight is the first Republican presidential debate with all the top contenders planning to attend. And there is only question I want to see asked:

Why didn't the Bush tax cuts create any jobs?

Every candidate on tonight's debate stage not only continues to support the Bush tax cuts,...

Faced with a rapidly growing groundswell for Elizabeth Warren to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, the Senate Republican leaders employed the ultimate obstruction on behalf of their Wall Street donors. It's up to us to make sure the public knows whose side they are on.

On Thursday,

Osama Bin Laden's demise came after President Barack Obama restored counter-terrorism operations to America's top national security priority, reversing President George Bush's decision -- before and after the 9/11 attacks -- to de-prioritize the effort to destroy Al Qaeda.

Bush may have coined the phrase "global war on terror," but...

Before ExxonMobil announced a 69% jump in their profits today, the oil giant's top lobbyist launched an attack on Democrats who have long proposed ending subsidies to Big Oil and instead invest in clean energy. Politico reported:

"Over the last week as earnings season has approached, the Democratic...

There is so much awful and ridiculous about the House Republican budget that it can be difficult to explain the severity of its impact without getting lost in a blizzard of numbers and jargon. To its authors, that is a feature, not a bug.

But why worry about picking out...

Last Thursday, I learned that Sen. Rand Paul hasn't had a functioning toilet in his home for 20 years.

He seems to believe the federal government is not allowing him to own a functioning toilet. I found this strange, because I own a functioning toilet. And like the senator,...

Less than two months ago, the Republican Governors Association lectured President Obama on state flexibility for pursuing health reform: "The one-size-fits-all approach to healthcare adopted last year does not work in the states and imposes unnecessary financial burdens on already strapped state budgets."

Such a comment ignored the high...

Thousands are rallying in Wisconsin and across the nation to oppose conservative governors who are attacking the collective bargaining rights of our civil servants. And the people in the streets are not just public sector union members.

Why? Why are so many who are not part of a union...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is being puffed up by many conservatives as the refreshing, straight-talking principled budget slasher that could lead a nationwide right-wing resurgence. This week, conservatives drooled as Christie gave a trademark performance at the American Enterprise Institute conservative think tank.

"Performance" is the operative word....

President Barack Obama does not deserve the primary credit for the Egyptian revolution -- that goes to the Egyptian people. But Obama made five critical strategic choices that maximized the possibility of success, which also show how dramatically his administration has changed American foreign policy.

1. Obama Offered No Support...

Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a joint statement with the AFL-CIO supporting President Obama's call for increased public investment in infrastructure, which read:

Whether it is building roads, bridges, high-speed broadband, energy systems and schools, these projects not only create jobs and demand for businesses,...

No, that headline is not a quote from White House political adviser David Axelrod during Wednesday's blogger roundtable, which I was fortunate to attend.

But you tell me how else to interpret this:

DAVID AXELROD: Well, we have an obligation to put a budget forward, and we're going to...

The House Republican leadership has announced it will enact two things immediately upon taking control of the House this week: a new "CutGo" rule to require revenue offsets for any increases in spending, and the repeal of the Affordable Care Act health reform law.

The Republicans might want...

In a completely expected development, a conservative activist judge made a conservative activist decision, ignoring decades of judicial precedent to declare the main provision of the health reform law -- requiring most Americans to purchase health insurance -- unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court has long held that our federal government...

Yesterday, the White House issued one of those -- eek! -- regulations. As part of implementing the health reform law, our federal government established a new rule to stop profiteering by private health insurance companies.

As the AP reported, the regulation "calls for insurance companies to spend at...

Republicans were triumphant in this year's election in part by arguing they would do a better job at creating jobs.

But what have they been prioritizing since they won? What are they actually proposing to do now?

Here are the biggest actions Republican have taken since Election Day. See if...

No matter what happens on Tuesday, progressives will not have unfettered control of Washington, just as we have not the last two years, the last decade, the decade before that, or the decade before that.

We will have to fight for more change. The question is: who will we have...

Jon Stewart presumably came to DC to rally the sane against Glenn Beck's minions and 9/11 Truthers. But instead of amplifying that message in The Daily Show interview with President Obama yesterday, Stewart opted to focus on the most weak and superficial criticisms of the President, and refused to...