Real Democrats Beat GOP Fakes in All Six Wisconsin Recall Primaries Real Democrats Beat GOP Fakes in All Six Wisconsin Recall Primaries
Republicans even recruited fake Democrats to run in Tuesday's primaries. But voters chose the real Democrats by overwhelming margins.
Jul 13, 2011 / John Nichols
ALEC Exposed ALEC Exposed
A trove of documents reveals the vast procorporate strategy of this powerful right-wing group.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / John Nichols
ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc. ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc.
Wisconsin is just one front in ALEC's most recent war against against revenue and labor unions, part of an ongoing mission to privatize everything.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Joel Rogers and Laura Dresser
ALEC Exposed: Sabotaging Healthcare ALEC Exposed: Sabotaging Healthcare
To a former health insurance executive, ALEC's fight against “Obamacare” looks familiar—and straight out of the corporate playbook.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Wendell Potter
ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection
Untold sums of cash poured into ALEC by Charles and David Koch have been an effective investment in advancing their worldview.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Lisa Graves
ALEC Exposed: Starving Public Schools ALEC Exposed: Starving Public Schools
Aggressively pushing voucher programs, ALEC is calling on states to “transform the system, don't tweak it" in a large-scale assault on public education.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Julie Underwood
ALEC Exposed: Rigging Elections ALEC Exposed: Rigging Elections
Looking toward 2012, ALEC is peddling “Voter ID” laws to disenfranchise voters least likely to support their right-wing candidates.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / John Nichols
Puzzle No. 3201 Puzzle No. 3201
ACROSS 1 Spin out, as 192 countries take a covetous look back (6) 4 Reps hoot rudely for Jordan, once (8) 9 Fisherman’s rage when taking Lebanon’s premier hostage (6) 10 Libels leaderless residents of Comoros, say (8) 12 Djibouti’s opening lofty type of farm (5) 13 Arab chief invested in offense or protective layer (9) 15 Symbols of power upset Algeria (7) 17 Record niece shattered, blurring the sexes (7) 18 Florida city’s gold to secure Morocco, at last (7) 20 Need to assume Noah’s craft returned for rodent (7) 22 A crazy retrospective: stage located in a Middle Eastern capital—like the 2008 summit of the Arab League (all of whose members are here) (9) 23 First portion in Bahrain: cod with flashy trimmings (5) 25 Shockingly, go in for second slates, e.g. (8) 27 In Qatar, are lyricists found? Seldom (6) 28 Flexible Sudanese ballerina (8) 29 Bush’s backing up in Israel—try Mauritania (6) DOWN 1 It helps make Saudi…(2,3) 2 …chains from ring’s elements (7) 3 Yemen breaking up opponent (5) 5 The actual origins of Operation Iraqi Liberty? (3) 6 Palestine suffering punishments… (9) 7 …from violent settler frame (7) 8 Republican man concealing deception on the rise—and on the rise again (9) 11 Rig up a single Jerusalem artichoke (8) 14 Unstable Emirates getting hotter (8) 15 Called for more supplies, like Yasir’s letters in Syria (9) 16 Kuwait and Somalia, for instance, top Europe at first in spectacular victory (9) 19 Oman, PLO skewered in satire (7) 21 Airmen flying to Tunisia’s capital for clothing (7) 23 Roll all over Libya (5) 24 Egypt in turmoil, like the sun (1-4) 26 Hoisting flag is what we need, in huge amounts (3) ACROSS 1 TRAIN + OF + TH[e] + OUGHT 9 FL + OUNCE 10 G-ELATIN[g] 11 FOOT + BALL + CO + ACH 13 LIB + I DO 15 HA + R(D)TACK (track anag.) 17 anag. 19 hidden 22 BUS ONE’S + DI + SHE’S (bonuses anag.) 25 LO + NG AGO (a gong anag.) 26 2 defs. 27 ate both anag. DOWN 1 TUFT[s] 2 A + LOOF (rev.) 3 NO + NWORD (rev.) 4 “flue buy” 5 H + EGELIAN (lineage anag.) 6 UN + LACED (rev.) 7 2 defs. 8 anag. 12 2 defs. 14 anag. 16 anag. 18 DEN + MARK 20 “yacht Z” 21 MI(SF + I)T 23 rev. 24 2 defs.
Jul 12, 2011 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Support Child Literacy With Jennifer Egan and Goodreads Support Child Literacy With Jennifer Egan and Goodreads
There's rarely been as enjoyable and community-minded a way to help support children's literacy.
Jul 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
The Girl From F&B: A Portrait of the New India The Girl From F&B: A Portrait of the New India
Esther studied botany and biochemistry, and ended up serving Cokes to arms dealers in Delhi’s Hotel Shangri-La. She is a station holder, occupied and rootless. Welcome to Ind...
Jul 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb