Is the White House Trying to Silence Bob Menendez? (No.) Is the White House Trying to Silence Bob Menendez? (No.)
The most anti-Iran Democrat in Congress will be charged with corruption, and the neocons are buzzing with conspiracy theories.
Mar 9, 2015 / Ali Gharib
Royce White on Larry Sanders, Mental Wellness and the NBA Royce White on Larry Sanders, Mental Wellness and the NBA
We need to listen to basketball player and mental health advocate Royce White’s thoughts on budding NBA star Larry Sanders’s decision to walk away from the game.
Mar 9, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Honor Selma by Protecting Voting Rights Honor Selma by Protecting Voting Rights
A hundred members of Congress traveled to Selma this weekend. Will they support legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act?
Mar 9, 2015 / Ari Berman
Behind Every Bad War of the Past Century Stands a Bad ‘Policy Intellectual’ Behind Every Bad War of the Past Century Stands a Bad ‘Policy Intellectual’
These well-dressed Washington think-tankers love nothing more than an invasion.
Mar 9, 2015 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Immigrants’ Greatest Fear Isn’t What You Think Immigrants’ Greatest Fear Isn’t What You Think
And collective action is the only answer.
Mar 9, 2015 / Saket Soni
March 9, 1933: FDR Signs the Emergency Banking Act, Launching the New Deal March 9, 1933: FDR Signs the Emergency Banking Act, Launching the New Deal
The new president, The Nation editorialized, “has so far swept everything before him with the strength and velocity of a March wind.”
Mar 9, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 8, 1963: The Ba’ath Party Seizes Power in Syria March 8, 1963: The Ba’ath Party Seizes Power in Syria
“They must learn to avoid the temptation of crushing the voices of criticism,” a writer in The Nation observed.
Mar 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 7, 1965: ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma, Alabama March 7, 1965: ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma, Alabama
A writer in California describes what it was like to watch the attack on the voting-rights marchers on television.
Mar 7, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Robert Reich Says Elizabeth Warren Should Challenge Hillary Clinton Robert Reich Says Elizabeth Warren Should Challenge Hillary Clinton
Former Bill Clinton cabinet member calls for “a tough primary challenger.”
Mar 6, 2015 / John Nichols
The University of Tennessee Is Being Lauded as a Higher-Ed Role Model—Just Not for Its Workers The University of Tennessee Is Being Lauded as a Higher-Ed Role Model—Just Not for Its Workers
The Tennessee governor’s budget will subsidize students’ college tuition with cuts to college workers’ benefits.
Mar 6, 2015 / Michelle Chen