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For-Profit Colleges’ Latest Lesson to Students: How to Fight Stricter Regulation of Schools For-Profit Colleges’ Latest Lesson to Students: How to Fight Stricter Regulation of Schools

For-profit colleges have been enlisting students to write letters opposing proposed regulation that could limit federal student aid.

Sep 7, 2010 / StudentNation / Marian Wang, ProPublica

The Pentagon Triumphant on the Media Battlefield The Pentagon Triumphant on the Media Battlefield

The military's media megaphone and the U.S. global military presence.

Sep 7, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt

Obama Calculates Israel-Palestine Timing to Short-Circuit AIPAC Obama Calculates Israel-Palestine Timing to Short-Circuit AIPAC

Will Abbas declare Palestine an independent state if talks fail? And if so, how would Obama react?

Sep 7, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Summer of our Sporting Discontent Summer of our Sporting Discontent

By any measure this country is in an ugly mood. Double-digit unemployment and a growing sense that the environment, economy, and empire are heading south, has Americans walking wit...

Sep 7, 2010 / Dave Zirin

How’s That Hopey-Faithy-Charity Stuff Workin’ Out for Beck? How’s That Hopey-Faithy-Charity Stuff Workin’ Out for Beck?

Beck and his people, goes the emerging consensus, are good, polite, and tolerant. And, oh yeah, they’re not political.

Sep 7, 2010 / Leslie Savan

Obama Should Borrow a Page From FDR This Labor Day Obama Should Borrow a Page From FDR This Labor Day

The president should scrap his cautious talk about compromise and bipartisanship. It's time to take a side.

Sep 6, 2010 / John Nichols

Right Response to Unemployment Is Smart Stimulus Spending Right Response to Unemployment Is Smart Stimulus Spending

With unemployment figures still high, Obama appears ready to do something about job creation. But local officials are going to need to make the case for a sufficient stimulus.

Sep 5, 2010 / John Nichols

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

On the anniversary of Ted Kennedy's death, a return to New Orleans and the nature of male/female criticism of film and rock.

Sep 3, 2010 / Eric Alterman

The Breakdown: Do Presidential Speeches Matter?

The Breakdown: Do Presidential Speeches Matter? The Breakdown: Do Presidential Speeches Matter?

Ever since his breakthrough keynote at the 2004 DNC, Barack Obama has been defined by his oratory skills. But has his rhetoric really advanced his policy goals? On this week's edit...

Sep 3, 2010 / Chris Hayes

On Revelations of Where the Secret Funding for the Tea Party Comes From On Revelations of Where the Secret Funding for the Tea Party Comes From

Who's behind the curtain?

Sep 2, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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