Chicago’s ‘Smart Card’ Debacle and Privatisation Chicago’s ‘Smart Card’ Debacle and Privatisation
Chicago’s commitment of almost half a billion dollars to privatize its transit fare collections sweated greed from every pore—and it doesn’t even work.
Dec 10, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US
Everyone’s lining up to pay tribute to Mandela; but in the Reagan era, many were close to the apartheid regime.
Dec 10, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fateful Decision for Germany’s Social Democrats Fateful Decision for Germany’s Social Democrats
Can they survive another grand coalition with Angela Merkel’s CDU—and is it too late to rejuvenate the party that once subordinated capitalism to the public good?
Dec 10, 2013 / Norman Birnbaum
Youth Resistance to Deportations, Criminalization Multiplies Youth Resistance to Deportations, Criminalization Multiplies
As sit-ins and fasts continue, campaigns against mandatory minimums, Stand Your Ground and youth incarceration gain traction.
Dec 10, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Could John Boehner’s New Immigration Strategist Actually Pass Some Reforms? Could John Boehner’s New Immigration Strategist Actually Pass Some Reforms?
Becky Tallent’s piecemeal approach to immigration reform may appeal to congressmen, but will it ever appeal to voters?
Dec 10, 2013 / Jessica Weisberg
How War Vanished From the American Novel How War Vanished From the American Novel
Americans have been living in the shadow of war for at least a decade, but there’s remarkably little evidence of it in our art.
Dec 10, 2013 / Beverly Gologorsky
Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The anti-apartheid hero asked world leaders to “have the courage to ensure that, at last, we build a human world consistent with the provisions of that historic Declaration.&...
Dec 10, 2013 / John Nichols
Repression Deepens in Egypt Repression Deepens in Egypt
At first it was the Muslim Brotherhood. Now dozens of journalists, non-Islamist activists and students have been detained and beaten.
Dec 9, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
The Republican Holiday To-do List The Republican Holiday To-do List
Nothing says holiday cheer like cutting food stamps and unemployment benefits!
Dec 9, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
How Inequality Became as American as Apple Pie How Inequality Became as American as Apple Pie
The difference between President Obama and Mayor-elect de Blasio lies not in how they view inequality but in how they plan to fight it.
Dec 9, 2013 / Jessica Weisberg