Far-Right Republicans Are Ready to Cripple an Important Export Agency Far-Right Republicans Are Ready to Cripple an Important Export Agency
Ideology is driving Republicans to threaten the existence of an important job-boosting agency.
Mar 15, 2012 / George Zornick
The Artificial Line Between Social and Economic Issues: Exhibit A, Andrew Cuomo The Artificial Line Between Social and Economic Issues: Exhibit A, Andrew Cuomo
Progressives can’t afford to focus on one side over the other.
Mar 15, 2012 / Bryce Covert
At Last, Some Decency on Wall Street At Last, Some Decency on Wall Street
By the time you read this, the PR hacks of Goldman Sachs will be trying to destroy the reputation of whistle-blower Greg Smith.
Mar 15, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Mr. Grijalva Goes to Washington Mr. Grijalva Goes to Washington
The Progressive Caucus chair is one of the most powerful liberals in America. But even though he's a long way from his Arizona home, he has not forgotten where he came from.
Mar 15, 2012 / Sasha Abramsky
Pennsylvania Photo Voter ID Bill is Now Law, HBCUs in the Crosshairs Pennsylvania Photo Voter ID Bill is Now Law, HBCUs in the Crosshairs
College students have had a hard time voting in Pennsylvania, especially black college students. Things just got a lot harder for them thanks to the voter ID laws sweeping the nati...
Mar 15, 2012 / Brentin Mock
Forty-Seven Years Ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson Called for Voting Rights Forty-Seven Years Ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson Called for Voting Rights
States like Texas and South Carolina have blamed the federal government for imposing on their state’s sovereignty, but President Johnson, emboldened by the heroic efforts of ...
Mar 15, 2012 / Brentin Mock
Time to Get Out of Afghanistan Time to Get Out of Afghanistan
The mutual resentment between the Afghan people and the US military has broken out in the open.
Mar 14, 2012 / The Editors
Michael Harrington and the ‘Culture Of Poverty’ Michael Harrington and the ‘Culture Of Poverty’
The Other America offered a view of poverty that seemed designed to comfort the already comfortable.
Mar 14, 2012 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Noted Noted
Katrina vanden Heuvel on Dennis Kucinich, John Nichols on Rush Limbaugh and Randy Hertz on Jackson v. Hobbs and Miller v. Alabama
Mar 14, 2012 / Various Contributors
David Grossman Speaks Out Against War With Iran David Grossman Speaks Out Against War With Iran
Addressing the issue publicly for the first time, Israel’s leading novelist says an attack would set in motion a “nightmare."
Mar 14, 2012 / Larry Derfner