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It's Time to Break Up the Big Banks

It's Time to Break Up the Big Banks

When will Congress and the White House wake up to the fact that big banks are still playing with bombs? 

Posted May 15, 2012

The Criminalization of Rape Victims

The Criminalization of Rape Victims

There’s a growing trend of criminalizing rape survivors in order to guarantee their testimonies at trial.

Posted May 15, 2012

Too Often, a New Baby Brings Big Debt

Too Often, a New Baby Brings Big Debt

Few new mothers get paid maternity leave. Those who take unpaid leave often go deep into debt to make ends meet.

Posted May 15, 2012

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Books and the Arts

For Mary Dudziak, we are now experiencing a time of permanent war, one that does not bother everyday Americans.

Why are Yale and other top universities teaching a Grand Strategy seminar if the conditions that seemed to call for grand strategizing no longer exist?

The musician’s posthumous memoir, The Last Holiday, is as rich and ambiguous as his declaration that “The Revolution Will Not be Televised.”

Ideas to Power the 99%

News and Analysis

Protests in Cairo

Egyptians go to the polls on May 23 and 24. But heightened tension and deepening unease over every aspect of the political process make it hard to predict what will happen next.

James Dimon

JP Morgan’s CEO once complained that traders would need to see psychiatrists in order to comply with financial regulations. Maybe that’s not such a bad idea.

Supporters of the newly-elected French President Francois Hollande

As politicians dither, the threat of default spreads from Greece to Spain and Italy.

The largest IPO in history serves us lessons in what it means to love your country. 

The state’s top number-cruncher discusses taxes, education and the consequences of drowning government in the bathtub.

Trina Garnett

Trina Garnett accidentally set a fatal fire when she was 14. That was in 1976. Could a Supreme Court ruling on juvenile life without parole finally bring her home?

Guantanamo Bay

The dramatic opening of the 9/11 trial shined a light on all the ways in which a commission is not a federal court.

Naomi Klein - Lookout

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