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

Thomas Frank’s Pity the Billionaire is confused about the connection between the Tea Party and conservative cultural populism.

How a confrontation is shaping up between the US/NATO and the BRICS.

Bernard Rapoport's death at the age of ninety-four has brought to a close one of the storied chapters in the history of American liberalism.

The men most responsible for the collapse of the American dream are heaped with honors at the highest levels of society.

Feedback on the April 9 issue: trusting government (“again?”), Katha Pollitt’s plea to affluent pro-choicers and Burt Neuborne's open letter to the ACLU

George Zornick scrutinizes Obama’s stance on campaign finance reform, Laura Bolt reports on the Supreme Court’s strip-search ruling and the editors congratulate John Nichols on winning the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism.

How we subsidize energy giants to wreck the planet, and what we can do about it.

As the country’s fiscal climate worsens, signs point to the continuation of the same Mubarak-era policies that sparked the revolution.

Already facing crippling debt and a rocky job market, students in default can't even get access to the grades they've already earned.