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The defense authorization bill that Congress passed and President Obama had threatened to veto will soon become law, a fact that should be met with public outrage.

Roars of applause for executions at the GOP debate, official approval of torture, barbaric prison conditions, obstruction of aid to storm victims and children in need—is our nation descending into barbarism?

The Obama administration may not employ lawyers advocating for extreme abrogations of constitutional protections, but it frequently ends up acquiescing to the political right.

If peacemaking is teachable, why are school so reluctant to offer classes in peace studies?

John Nichols on Keith Olbermann, JoAnn Wypejewski on photographer Milton Rogovin

John Nichols on Tom DeLay, Isabel Macdonald on donor aid to Haiti

Obama's election was not the game changer progressives hoped for. For that, we need to remake our democracy's rules.

Never leave a man behind.

The real story of Christine O'Donnell's time at the Claremont Institute is how thoroughly she absorbed its viciously antigay politics.