BREAKING: Shots Reportedly Fired at Washington State High School BREAKING: Shots Reportedly Fired at Washington State High School
Local reports say a male shooter opened fire near Marysville-Pilchuck High.
Oct 24, 2014 / George Zornick
The Gutsy, Radical Journalism of Andy Kopkind, Who Died 20 Years Ago This Week The Gutsy, Radical Journalism of Andy Kopkind, Who Died 20 Years Ago This Week
Definitive assessments of Ronald Reagan and “the warrior state,” plus early looks at Bernie Sanders and Bill Clinton, and zeitgeist-defining essays on “cold war l...
Oct 24, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Do You Realize How Dangerous It Is to Drive a Taxi? Do You Realize How Dangerous It Is to Drive a Taxi?
Taxi and livery drivers suffer homicide rates twenty to thirty times higher than other occupations.
Oct 24, 2014 / Michelle Chen
I’m Banned From Harvard. Here’s Why I’m Going Back. I’m Banned From Harvard. Here’s Why I’m Going Back.
For protesting Harvard’s refusal to divest from fossil fuels, campus police have told me I will be arrested if I return to the university—which is exactly what I plan t...
Oct 24, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism
To believe that our nation has always been exceptional requires a suppression of ordinary skepticism and a belief that calls for extraordinary arrogance.
Oct 24, 2014 / David Bromwich
The Women’s Equality Party Is a Joke The Women’s Equality Party Is a Joke
Cuomo's creation of the Women’s Equality Party is an attempt to use feminism against the Working Families Party, the real champions of New York’s women.
Oct 24, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
Mitch McConnell Reminds Everyone He Tried to Privatize Social Security Mitch McConnell Reminds Everyone He Tried to Privatize Social Security
The Senate minority leader also didn’t rule out trying privatization again in the future.
Oct 24, 2014 / George Zornick
Chris Christie’s Latest Terrible Idea: Let GOP Governors Control Voting for 2016 Chris Christie’s Latest Terrible Idea: Let GOP Governors Control Voting for 2016
He wants Republicans controlling the “political apparatus” and the “governmental apparatus” of voting.
Oct 24, 2014 / John Nichols
A Red State Democrat for Senate Who Hates Keystone? A Red State Democrat for Senate Who Hates Keystone?
The bright spot for environmentalists in the midterms is, improbably, in deep-red South Dakota.
Oct 23, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
The Cowardice of Bill Maher’s Anti-Muslim Bigotry The Cowardice of Bill Maher’s Anti-Muslim Bigotry
What is brave about expressing an opinion that’s already held by a plurality of Americans?
Oct 23, 2014 / Omar Ghabra