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Stories by Christopher Hayes

Christopher Hayes is The Nation's Washington editor.

5 Ways the Government Used Our Money to Save Big Banks and Screw Us

The government hasn't exactly been forthcoming about how it has made buckets of money available to the banking sector. But here's what really happened.
Posted on Sep 26, 2009, Source: The Nation

The Secret Government: What a Real Bipartisan Probe of Bush-era Crimes Should Look Like

From CIA assassinations to domestic spying, a sweeping investigation of government crimes is not only possible -- it has been done before.
Posted on Sep 2, 2009, Source: The Nation

Stunning Government Billion-Dollar Giveaway to Paper Companies in the Works

A tax loophole could let the ten largest paper companies rake in a whopping $8 billion. Where's the outrage?
Posted on Apr 4, 2009, Source: The Nation

Blue Dogs: The Democrats Who Love Big Business

A bloc of 49 influential Dems thinks government's biggest problem is that it provides too much for its citizens.
Posted on Feb 17, 2009, Source: The Nation

Just What, Exactly, Is the DNC?

A look at what actually goes on at the Democratic National Convention.
Posted on Aug 25, 2008, Source: The Nation

MoveOn Is Not What You Think It Is

Capable of dominating a news cycle with a single ad and raising millions of dollars with one e-mail, MoveOn is a major political pioneer.
Posted on Jul 28, 2008, Source: The Nation

Progressive Dems Unveil Plan to End Iraq Occupation

Unlike plans offered by both Democratic presidential candidates, the congressional challengers' plan opposes any residual forces.
Posted on Apr 2, 2008, Source: The Nation

The Return of the SwiftBoaters

The shadowy group that smeared John Kerry in 2004 is ready to do its dirty work again.
Posted on Jan 4, 2008, Source: The Nation

Beware the NAFTA Super Highway!

Is the NAFTA Superhighway the first stage of a long, silent coup to supplant the sovereign United States with a North American Union?
Posted on Dec 26, 2007, Source: The Nation

Executive Excess on Capitol Hill

Democrats may not have the will to close the gaping loophole in the tax code that allows hedge fund billionaires to get off for a song.
Posted on Nov 14, 2007, Source: The Nation

Bloggers Who Crave the Mainstream Media's Attention

The New Republic magazine makes a play for the progressive blogosphere, but it was In These Times that earlier got the story right.
Posted on May 4, 2007, Source: ChrisHayes.org

The Man Who Might Make Obama President

David Axelrod, Barack Obama's closest political adviser, is applying the lessons he learned from Chicago's ugly racialized politics.
Posted on Feb 5, 2007, Source: The Nation

Is 9/11 Paranoia Bad for the Country?

The biggest threat posed by the 9/11 Truth Movement is the danger that it will discredit the healthy skepticism Americans increasingly show toward their leaders.
Posted on Dec 11, 2006, Source: The Nation

Round Population Numbers Fuel the Immigration Scare

Even though anti-immigration activists like to trot out population figures to support closing the borders, we should really be concerned with the number of cars -- not people -- in the U.S.
Posted on Oct 24, 2006, Source: TheNation.com

Postmark Guantanamo

Why is the Pentagon keeping prisoners' mail from their lawyers?
Posted on Jun 20, 2006, Source: In These Times

Can We Win the Ground War at Home?

Grassroots groups that mobilized for the 2004 elections may have failed to defeat Bush, but they're still making waves across the country.
Posted on Dec 15, 2005, Source: The Nation

Who is Sherrod Brown?

An unabashed progressive takes aim at a Senate seat.
Posted on Dec 2, 2005, Source: In These Times

Slashing Costs, Busting Unions

Wal-Mart's anti-union crusade is a prime example of how corporations routinely break labor laws with few repercussions.
Posted on Nov 6, 2005, Source: In These Times

The Case for a Democratic Marker

Rick Perlstein, author of 'The Stock Ticker and the Superjumbo,' explains how the Democratic Party can pull together by simply never backing down.
Posted on Jul 26, 2005, Source: In These Times

Coins of the Realm

'Coingate,' a scandal at once farcical and outrageous, touches nearly every prominent elected Republican in Ohio and could finally pave the way for a Democratic resurgence in the state.
Posted on Jun 29, 2005, Source: The Nation

Corruption: A Proven Winner

Illinois is a bizarro-world inverse of the rest of the country, where Democrats dominate all branches of government, set the debate and drive policy, while Republicans grasp for a coherent message. Are there any lessons to be gleaned for Democrats elsewhere?
Posted on Apr 23, 2005, Source: The Nation

How to Turn Your Red State Blue

In order to grow, progressives need to learn from evangelical movements: Systematically expand the universe of access points to their worldview and actively recruit people into the fold.
Posted on Mar 25, 2005, Source: In These Times

The Fight for Our Future

The debate taking place over the future of the labor movement could determine its very survival.
Posted on Jan 25, 2005, Source: In These Times

A Good Call

Prisoners pay the highest prices anywhere in the country to make life-saving phone calls. Now prison advocates are fighting to end special contracts and lower the cost of a call.
Posted on May 17, 2004, Source: In These Times

Not Too Hip to Vote

The challenge for progressives outraged at the Bush administration is to convert depth of sentiment into breadth of influence, and a number of groups are harnessing the energy of 20- and 30-somethings.
Posted on Apr 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet

More Liberal Than Us

The provisional Iraqi constitution is a progressive's dream. And there is a good chance it may remain just that.
Posted on Mar 30, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Small Businesses Need Not Apply

The Iraqi reconstruction contracts are structured exactly like the Bush tax cuts -- they favor only the powerful.
Posted on Mar 15, 2004, Source: In These Times

Voter Outreach, Door by Door

Once considered a blow to the Democratic piggy bank, McCain-Feingold has inspired a massive new wave of fundraising alliances and get-out-the-vote campaigns.
Posted on Jan 27, 2004, Source: In These Times

Healthy Jobs

As SEIU casts its organizing eye on homecare workers, wages slowly and steadily rise.
Posted on Jan 25, 2004, Source: In These Times