The Holman Rule Once Allowed Congress to Purge Leftists From Government Agencies—Now It’s Back The Holman Rule Once Allowed Congress to Purge Leftists From Government Agencies—Now It’s Back
The effects could be far-reaching.
Jan 19, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
As Attorney General, Jeff Sessions Would Be a Threat to Civil Rights As Attorney General, Jeff Sessions Would Be a Threat to Civil Rights
He will be the most dangerous on issues where the Obama administration has been the most successful.
Jan 19, 2017 / Ari Berman
Letters From the February 6-13, 2017, Issue Letters From the February 6-13, 2017, Issue
Obama’s empty promise… Lessons in privatization… Climate challenged… Race and class… Missed accountability… The looming monument…
Jan 19, 2017 / Our Readers
President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This
Wowee.
Jan 19, 2017 / Matt Bors
Silver Spoon Ode Silver Spoon Ode
I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and a silver knife, and a silver fork. I would complain about it—the spoon was not greasy, it tasted like braces, my shining access to c…
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sharon Olds
Letting My Hair Down Letting My Hair Down
And then my wry neck got so wry— chicken-neck wring-wry—I had to spend time with my hair down, like roots into the ground of the air, my visible shock, my “terror,” my “horror.” Ho…
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sharon Olds
Puzzle No. 3420 Puzzle No. 3420
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 First I refuse, then authorize recess (4) 3 Sites for burning logfi? (10) 10 Changed teal blend to another color (…
Jan 19, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Plenty’s Discontent Plenty’s Discontent
The lost sense of hope and idealism in David Hare’s England.
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
The Electoral College Is Even More Biased Than You Think. But Democrats Can Beat It. The Electoral College Is Even More Biased Than You Think. But Democrats Can Beat It.
Focus on the voters who actually swing presidential elections.
Jan 19, 2017 / Sean Darling-Hammond
Bernie Sanders Just Showed the Country How Wrong Tom Price Is for HHS Bernie Sanders Just Showed the Country How Wrong Tom Price Is for HHS
Price tried to spin his way around the moral question of whether health care is a right, but Sanders wouldn’t let him.
Jan 18, 2017 / John Nichols