Republicans Insult, Then Try to Co-opt, Occupy Wall Street Republicans Insult, Then Try to Co-opt, Occupy Wall Street
Republican presidential candidates initially attacked the protesters at Occupy Wall Street. Now they say they understand their grievances, but it's nothing a tax cut won't fix.&nbs...
Oct 12, 2011 / Ben Adler
Senate Votes for Obama Jobs Bill, but GOP Filibusters It Senate Votes for Obama Jobs Bill, but GOP Filibusters It
A majority of senators officially back the president’s job bill, but Washington and the media are so broken, you’d never know it.
Oct 12, 2011 / Ari Melber
From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everywhere From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everywhere
In three months, an idea and a hashtag became a worldwide movement. Here’s how they did it.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Nathan Schneider
The Cyber Arms Race Has Begun The Cyber Arms Race Has Begun
Governments are ramping up investment in cyberweaponry as well as cybersecurity, opening a dark new frontier.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Misha Glenny
Cyberactivism From Egypt to Occupy Wall Street Cyberactivism From Egypt to Occupy Wall Street
The battle for the Internet has politicized prankster cybercollectives like Anonymous--and now authorities are cracking down.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Laurie Penny
The GOP’s Deregulation Obsession The GOP’s Deregulation Obsession
The Chamber of Commerce and its Republican allies have launched “the Contract With America on steroids.”
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Robert Weissman
The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws
In Georgia, HB 87 is a “giant scarecrow” for immigrant labor, and the result has been hundreds of millions in lost crops.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Greg Asbed and Sean Sellers
Mr. Friedman, Meet Mr. Obama Mr. Friedman, Meet Mr. Obama
The New York Times columnist faults President Obama for failing to do… exactly what he did.
Oct 12, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Gandhi and South Africa Gandhi and South Africa
Why was Joseph Lelyveld’s history of Gandhi’s years in South Africa attacked by India’s Hindu right?
Oct 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum
Innocents Lost: On Postwar Orphans Innocents Lost: On Postwar Orphans
Tara Zahra explains why orphaned children held a special grip on Europe’s postwar imagination.
Oct 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Holly Case