Meet the Group of Feisty Urban Progressives Who Want to Transform the Country One City at a Time Meet the Group of Feisty Urban Progressives Who Want to Transform the Country One City at a Time
At a Local Progress gathering in New York City, “pothole progressives” shared strategies for a grassroots, social justice revival.
Dec 10, 2014 / Cities Rising / Steve Early
Senator Udall Discloses CIA Findings on Torture and Blasts Obama’s Inaction Senator Udall Discloses CIA Findings on Torture and Blasts Obama’s Inaction
What the CIA found out about its torture program is much different than what officials have said publicly.
Dec 10, 2014 / Blog / George Zornick
The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia
Renditions, an underground prison and a new CIA base are elements of an intensifying US war, according to a Nation investigation in Mogadishu.
Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Congress Is Poised to Hand Wall Street a Huge Victory Congress Is Poised to Hand Wall Street a Huge Victory
But opposition among Democrats is growing.
Dec 10, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
The Trouble With Democrats The Trouble With Democrats
How the party let down the workers who once depended on it.
Dec 9, 2014 / Column / Eric Alterman
Republicans on the Latest Job and Growth Reports Republicans on the Latest Job and Growth Reports
We hate the programs he’s pursuing. We’re sure that up Obama’s screwing. So what about the stats we’re viewing? They must be someone else’s doing.
Dec 9, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Senate Report: CIA Torture Was Brutal and Ineffective Senate Report: CIA Torture Was Brutal and Ineffective
Virtually every Bush-era claim about torture doesn’t withstand scrutiny after the investigation.
Dec 9, 2014 / Blog / George Zornick
Why Dick Cheney Is Wrong About the CIA Torture Memos Why Dick Cheney Is Wrong About the CIA Torture Memos
The Senate Intelligence Committee is absolutely right to respect transparency and accountability with release of report on Bush-Cheney era abuses.
Dec 9, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban Want to Be the Koch Brothers for Israel Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban Want to Be the Koch Brothers for Israel
Why do we need another lobby, like their Israeli-American Council, when AIPAC is already so powerful? To feed their billion-dollar egos.
Dec 8, 2014 / M.J. Rosenberg
Would You Rather Get Your Water From Your City Government—or From a Corporation? Would You Rather Get Your Water From Your City Government—or From a Corporation?
Water privatization could soon be the next front in the austerity wars.
Dec 8, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen