Supercommittee Replaying the Same Old Song on Deficit Reduction Supercommittee Replaying the Same Old Song on Deficit Reduction
Weak Democrats, intransigent Republicans, and lazy reporting—where have we seen this before?
Oct 27, 2011 / George Zornick
Re-reply to Prof Lawrence Lessig: Where Does Change Actually Come From? Re-reply to Prof Lawrence Lessig: Where Does Change Actually Come From?
Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig just doesn't get where change historically actually comes from.
Oct 27, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Herman Cain, Dada Auteur Herman Cain, Dada Auteur
What, if anything, do Cain’s new ad and an even weirder one from August reveal about the GOP’s most smokin’ candidate?
Oct 27, 2011 / Leslie Savan
Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland
Clashes over the Occupy Oakland clearance leave an Iraq War veteran seriously wounded. As with the Bonus Army of 1932, vets who make economic demands at home find themselves u...
Oct 27, 2011 / John Nichols
Who Is Funding the Wildest School Board Election in the Country? Who Is Funding the Wildest School Board Election in the Country?
Why are conservative interest groups—including representatives of the oil and gas industry—taking sides in a local Denver school board election?
Oct 26, 2011 / Press Room
A Reality Check on Teen Sex A Reality Check on Teen Sex
New York City’s new sex ed curriculum is based on real evidence: very young teens are having sex, and need to know how to stay safe.
Oct 26, 2011 / Dana Goldstein
Iraq: End of a Debacle Iraq: End of a Debacle
It was an ignominious end to America's worst foreign policy disaster since the Vietnam War, and the costs, for both Iraq and the United States, will be felt for some time.
Oct 26, 2011 / The Editors
Libya After Qaddafi Libya After Qaddafi
By ignoring the UN Security Council resolution’s mandate authorizing intervention, NATO may have destroyed the prospects for future legitimate uses of the principle of &ldquo...
Oct 26, 2011 / Richard Falk
Noted. Noted.
John Nichols on Ohio Voters v. John Kasich, Jin Zhao on Steve Jobs’s Legacy in China, Dana Frank on Wikileaks Honduras
Oct 26, 2011 / Various Contributors
The GOP Plan That Could Cost Obama the Election The GOP Plan That Could Cost Obama the Election
A Republican proposal in Pennsylvania would change the way electoral votes are counted—and the results could spell Obama's defeat in 2012.
Oct 26, 2011 / Rob Richie