Unmasking the GOP Pledge Unmasking the GOP Pledge
The GOP "Pledge to America" may lack substance, but it cannot be ignored.
Sep 30, 2010 / John Nichols
Noted. Noted.
D.D. Guttenplan on Ed Miliband, Ari Berman on good news and bad news on campaign finance reform and Joanna Chiu on Obama's outreach to young voters
Sep 30, 2010 / Various Contributors
Netanyahu’s Freeze Scam Netanyahu’s Freeze Scam
What did Benjamin Netanyahu mean when he said he and Mahmoud Abbas should be prepared to make "painful concessions" for the sake of peace?
Sep 30, 2010 / Henry Siegman
Slavery & Climate Change Slavery & Climate Change
On October 10, more than 7,000 actions in 180 countries will celebrate solutions to climate change in what is expected to be the greatest number of recorded protests in a single da...
Sep 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Mark Hertsgaard
Feminist Mothers, Flapper Daughters? Feminist Mothers, Flapper Daughters?
Young feminists aren't disdaining the movement, they're claiming it—but they want a bigger place in it.
Sep 30, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Fighting for Change, Longing for the Sea Fighting for Change, Longing for the Sea
Predictable Democratic losses in November aren't what we should fear. The real danger is in a political environment unable to build even the most tenuous bridges across partisan di...
Sep 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Melissa Harris-Perry
Linda McMahon’s Body Count Linda McMahon’s Body Count
Linda McMahon says she is running for the US Senate from Connecticut because she wants to "put people first." Those people clearly don't include the people who made ...
Sep 30, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Hands Off Social Security Hands Off Social Security
A White House deficit commission is reportedly considering deep benefit cuts for Social Security. We can and must address our deficit without punishing America’s workers, se...
Sep 30, 2010 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
Europe Marches; Brussels Stands Still Europe Marches; Brussels Stands Still
Europe's workers march against austerity, but no government will challenge the new neoliberal orthodoxy.
Sep 30, 2010 / Maria Margaronis
Sex and the GOP Sex and the GOP
The Republican Party is hard-selling its hot Mama Grizzlies. But it's mostly men—not women—who are buying.
Sep 30, 2010 / Feature / Betsy Reed