Fix the Filibuster Fix the Filibuster
The most important vote of the 112th Senate will likely be its first.
Dec 22, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Top Seven ‘Edge of Sports’ Moments of 2010 The Top Seven ‘Edge of Sports’ Moments of 2010
Here we have what are indubitably and without argument, the top seven collisions of sports and politics in 2010 that didn’t involve an elbow and Barack Obama’s mouth. W...
Dec 22, 2010 / Dave Zirin
The Progressive Honor Roll of 2010 The Progressive Honor Roll of 2010
In a tough year for progressives, these courageous people and smart ideas shone through.
Dec 22, 2010 / Feature / John Nichols
Senate Ratifies New START Treaty Senate Ratifies New START Treaty
By a vote of 71-26 this afternoon, the Senate passed the nuclear arms control agreement between the US and Russia, securing another major victory for Democrats in the lame duc...
Dec 22, 2010 / Press Room
Spin Cycle: On Tim Wu and Kevin Kelly Spin Cycle: On Tim Wu and Kevin Kelly
Tim Wu and Kevin Kelly speak for a new technocracy, and their new books epitomize its myopia, libertarianism and frustration with the political system.
Dec 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Paul Duguid
What Newark Schools Need What Newark Schools Need
Why won't Facebook philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg use his gift to build on progress already being made?
Dec 22, 2010 / Feature / Dana Goldstein
Stephen Cohen: What the START Treaty Means for Russian-American Relations Stephen Cohen: What the START Treaty Means for Russian-American Relations
After yesterday's Senate movement in support of the New START nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia, the Senate is expected to vote on final ratification of the tr...
Dec 22, 2010 / CNN
Noted. Noted.
John Nichols on the immediate threat to social security, Kate Murphy on opening up the FM airwaves and Braden Goyette on this year's outrageous CEO bonuses.
Dec 22, 2010 / Various Contributors
Speaking Ill of ‘The Best and the Brightest’ Speaking Ill of ‘The Best and the Brightest’
One of “the best and the brightest” died last week, and in Richard Holbrooke we had a perfect example of the dark mischief to which David Halberstam referred when he au...
Dec 22, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Improbable, Incredible: On Afropop Improbable, Incredible: On Afropop
Defying adversities imposed by borders has been one of Afropop's key modes of transcendence.
Dec 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / K. Leander Williams