When I visited the Water Institute's Baton Rouge offices overlooking the Mississippi River, I couldn't find a drop of the charged politics that drives so many environmental conversations in Washington. — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Anyone who has been around Washington politics long enough can't avoid this truism: Election-year money is like a rushing river that invariably finds cracks in any dam the reformers erect. — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
In May 2007, congressional Democrats and the Bush administration agreed to a plan to include environmental and international labor standards in upcoming trade agreements. — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
The longer people are unemployed, the less employable they become. Skills become rusty; managers look more suspiciously at someone who has been out of… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Every journalist loves a peaceful protest -whether it makes news, shakes up a political season, or holds out the possibility of altering history. — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Our pride is tied up in being right. We tend to favor data that confirm our beliefs, so we don't see alternatives. Too often,… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Great leaders don't rush to blame. They instinctively look for solutions. — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
A desire to rescue secular America from fallen grace has driven conservative evangelicals at least since the 1970s, when Jerry Falwell formed the Moral… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Jobless workers, especially those out of work for months and years, don't have the skills to multitask in a fast-paced economy where medical workers… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
We know this much about how Barack Obama plans to govern: He will deploy the fattest checkbook ever at the disposal of an incoming… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Modern Americans - shaped by raucous politics and a rapacious media - like to think of themselves as experts in confronting mistakes. — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Globalization is stirring widespread economic anxiety, and middle class incomes have stagnated while a class of super-rich has emerged. — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
'George' exploits John Kennedy Jr.'s cult of celebrity at a time when Americans are hungry for icons, not heroes. — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Fame legitimizes. Being conspicuous gets confused with being illustrious. — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
