Remembering and Misremembering Tiananmen Remembering and Misremembering Tiananmen
The Nation published one of the few accounts of what actually happened in Tiananmen Square twenty-five years ago.
Jun 3, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
How Is This Corporate Flack Running for Congress As an ‘Outsider’? How Is This Corporate Flack Running for Congress As an ‘Outsider’?
Matt Miller has received hundreds of thousands of dollars for his work for PR and consultancy firms, yet the LA Times characterizes him as outside the system.
Jun 3, 2014 / Lee Fang
In Today’s America, A Rising Tide Lifts All Yachts In Today’s America, A Rising Tide Lifts All Yachts
A super-wealthy few have successfully defeated all of their rivals—unions, the media, honest politicians, environmentalists—and now are free to do as they wish.
Jun 3, 2014 / Peter Van Buren
What’s Next for Ukraine? What’s Next for Ukraine?
Dr. Stephen Cohen discusses the latest on the crisis in Ukraine on The Thom Hartmann Program.
Jun 3, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Does Homeland Security’s Tough New Screening Process Put Asylum Seekers at Risk? Does Homeland Security’s Tough New Screening Process Put Asylum Seekers at Risk?
A heightened credible fear standard would particularly impact immigrants who are detained at the border and subjected to “expedited removal."
Jun 3, 2014 / Michelle Chen
How We Learned That the Government Was Watching Us How We Learned That the Government Was Watching Us
Glenn Greenwald’s No Place to Hide chronicles the publication of secret NSA files that reshaped global conversations about government surveillance.
Jun 3, 2014 / Betty Medsger
Misogyny, Guns and Their Lethal Confluence Misogyny, Guns and Their Lethal Confluence
Unsurprisingly, men’s rights advocates learned nothing from the Isla Vista shooting.
Jun 3, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
The GOP Is Freaking Out Over the EPA’s Carbon Rules. Why Aren’t Power Companies? The GOP Is Freaking Out Over the EPA’s Carbon Rules. Why Aren’t Power Companies?
Not all energy interests are apoplectic about the EPA’s plan to limit carbon emissions from existing power plants.
Jun 2, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Inside the Working Families Party’s Deal With Governor Cuomo Inside the Working Families Party’s Deal With Governor Cuomo
Both the governor and the WFP went into the weekend needing something from the other. The governor walked away with what he wanted. The party got an IOU.
Jun 2, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
Want To Do Something About Climate Change? Stop Cove Point Want To Do Something About Climate Change? Stop Cove Point
After releasing a report that failed to take into account the full scope of the greenhouse gas emissions that would be triggered by the project, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commi...
Jun 2, 2014 / NationAction