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President Barack Obama

All the Media Money Can Buy

Why do journalists run interference for the 1 percent, when their job is to expose their schemes?.

Eric Alterman

In 'Scandal' and 'Veep', Can Female Politicos Be Powerful—and Sexy, Too?
For women in politics, sexuality is often a liability. Will two new shows break the mold?
Salamishah Tillet
Posted May 22 2012 - 12:17pm
Attachment Parenting: More Guilt for Mother
Child-rearing fads aren't really about children. They're about regulating the behavior of women.
Katha Pollitt
Posted May 16 2012 - 4:15pm
Throwaway People: Will Teens Sent to Die in Prison Get a Second Chance?
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?
Liliana Segura
Posted May 9 2012 - 4:33pm

Articles

News and Features

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Postal service
Time to Revive the Postal Service (Government, Internet and New Media)

It’s smart politics—the PO is popular, and could be a great community aid in the digital era.

John Nichols
Israeli soldier
Defending Israel (and Waiting for a Miracle) (Race and Religion, World)

American Jews could play a useful role in aiding our Israeli cousins to see that they are destroying what was noble about their country. Why won't they?

Eric Alterman
Tarek Mehanna
A New Low in Attacks on Freedom of Speech (Law, The Constitution)

Tarek Mehanna got seventeen years in prison for translating a document.

David Cole
Classroom
What Teachers Want (Education, Labor)

New studies show that many teachers are unhappy in their jobs—and in this climate of austerity, it's no wonder.

Dana Goldstein
Ann Romney
Ann Romney, Working Woman? (Gender Issues, Labor)

The brouhaha over Hilary Rosen’s comments was not really about whether what stay-home mothers do is work.

Katha Pollitt

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