Solving Jeb Bush’s Last Name Problem Solving Jeb Bush’s Last Name Problem
The name that got you everything so far May leave your presidential quest destroyed. So change it! Just pick any name at all— Though Cheney is one name you might avoid.
May 20, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The ‘Mad’ Man List The ‘Mad’ Man List
In this week's Altercation Eric honors the completion of the AMC's hit show Mad Men.
May 20, 2015 / Eric Alterman
I Went to Prison for Exposing the CIA’s Torture Program. Why Are the People Responsible for It Walking Free? I Went to Prison for Exposing the CIA’s Torture Program. Why Are the People Responsible for It Walking Free?
There’s still time for President Obama to order the Justice Department to prosecute the perpetrators.
May 20, 2015 / John Kiriakou and Foreign Policy In Focus
Lessons From the Thinnest of Seymour Hersh’s Thinly Sourced Claims Lessons From the Thinnest of Seymour Hersh’s Thinly Sourced Claims
The veteran journalist tracked down the one man who could link the Nixon White House to the illegal bombing of Cambodia.
May 20, 2015 / Greg Grandin
May 20, 1927: Charles Lindbergh Takes Flight for France May 20, 1927: Charles Lindbergh Takes Flight for France
"A marvelous achievement was accomplished in a faultless manner by a young American who embodies within himself the finest American characteristics."
May 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Comix Nation Comix Nation
May 20, 2015 / Matt Bors
Snapshot: Love in a Time of Gentrification Snapshot: Love in a Time of Gentrification
A newlywed couple poses for photographs at San Francisco’s City Hall on May 8 amid hundreds of anti-eviction protesters. The demonstrators, holding signs that read stop evictions and no artists, no culture, were calling for an end to the displacement of low-income residents from the Mission District by high-paid tech workers.
May 20, 2015 / Eric Risberg
How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights
Fifty years ago, African-Americans were denied the right to vote. Now the vast majority of Americans are being denied the rightful value of their vote.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman
Turkey’s June Elections: The Last Chance to Save Democracy? Turkey’s June Elections: The Last Chance to Save Democracy?
President Erdogan plans to rewrite the Constitution and concentrate yet more power in his hands.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities
Like other struggling schools, the University of Arizona is raising out-of-state tuition—and courting the affluent students who can afford to pay it.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg