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2014 Was Awful, Part 1

2014 Was Awful, Part 1 2014 Was Awful, Part 1

Here's to a new year!

Dec 19, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

Watch The Colbert Report’s Triumphant Final Song

Watch The Colbert Report’s Triumphant Final Song Watch The Colbert Report’s Triumphant Final Song

Katrina vanden Heuvel joins Stephen Colbert and friends for one last song.

Dec 19, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Cops Hate Being Filmed. So Why Are They OK With Body Cameras?

The Cops Hate Being Filmed. So Why Are They OK With Body Cameras? The Cops Hate Being Filmed. So Why Are They OK With Body Cameras?

Body cameras have been embraced by the police, even as police attack cop-watch patrols.

Dec 19, 2014 / Raven Rakia

What Bernie Sanders and Dwight Eisenhower Have in Common

What Bernie Sanders and Dwight Eisenhower Have in Common What Bernie Sanders and Dwight Eisenhower Have in Common

“It is unacceptable that the Defense Department continues to waste massive amounts of money,” Sanders argues.

Dec 18, 2014 / John Nichols

How Should Journalists Cover Sexual Assault?

How Should Journalists Cover Sexual Assault? How Should Journalists Cover Sexual Assault?

What responsibilities do journalists have when reporting on sexual assault?

Dec 18, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry

One Hand Washes the Other One Hand Washes the Other

Cross-references in cryptic clues

Dec 18, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

What ‘The Colbert Report’ Taught Us About the Psychology of Conservatives

What ‘The Colbert Report’ Taught Us About the Psychology of Conservatives What ‘The Colbert Report’ Taught Us About the Psychology of Conservatives

Instead of trying the key from the outside, as most critics of the right must, Colbert jiggled it from the inside, counterfeit though his key was.

Dec 18, 2014 / Leslie Savan

The Biggest Lesson From the War on Terror? It Didn’t Work

The Biggest Lesson From the War on Terror? It Didn’t Work The Biggest Lesson From the War on Terror? It Didn’t Work

Why can’t Washington get the message?

Dec 18, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt

Why Is Ecuador Selling Its Economic and Environmental Future to China?

Why Is Ecuador Selling Its Economic and Environmental Future to China? Why Is Ecuador Selling Its Economic and Environmental Future to China?

The slick, oily underside of Correa’s “citizens’ revolution.”

Dec 18, 2014 / Andrew Ross

Why the US-Cuba Deal Really Is a Victory for the Cuban Revolution

Why the US-Cuba Deal Really Is a Victory for the Cuban Revolution Why the US-Cuba Deal Really Is a Victory for the Cuban Revolution

The left should recall and applaud the long resistance of tiny Cuba to the northern Goliath.

Dec 17, 2014 / Tom Hayden

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