Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.

Recent Articles

Standing Your Ground.

I'm not sure that Republicans will have any success at this:

With a big new majority in the House, Republicans will have little trouble passing whatever they want – including a full repeal of the health care reform law. But Republicans don't have a majority in the Senate, so even modest changes to the law will require the help of centrist Democrats – or at least scared ones.

Manchin is the Republicans' top target – because he campaigned against part of the law, and because he'll have to face the voters again in 2012 if he wants to serve a full term.

Liberals and Simpson-Bowles.

Paul Krugman gets to the heart of the liberal objection to Simpson-Bowles:

It will take time to crunch the numbers here, but this proposal clearly represents a major transfer of income upward, from the middle class to a small minority of wealthy Americans. And what does any of this have to do with deficit reduction?

Labor Days.

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This is low-profile, but significant:

Unions are increasingly looking to the National Labor Relations Board to seek favorable workplace rulings, and the agency is showing a willingness to reopen matters previously decided in favor of employers. [...]

License Plates for Freedom.

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I hope this happens, if only because the irony would be delicious (via Ben Smith):

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