Conservatives Really Don’t Get It About Climate Change Conservatives Really Don’t Get It About Climate Change
Watch some of the most outlandish statements about our changing climate at last week’s Values Voter Summit.
Oct 1, 2014 / Lauren Windsor
Six Lessons for Obama on How to Improve Relations With Cuba Six Lessons for Obama on How to Improve Relations With Cuba
The president knows US policy has been a failure. Here’s how he can make a breakthrough, in the little time he has left.
Sep 30, 2014 / William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh
UANI President Gary Samore Dismisses Imminent Threat of an Iranian Nuclear Weapon UANI President Gary Samore Dismisses Imminent Threat of an Iranian Nuclear Weapon
Gary Samore should probably call his (UANI) office.
Sep 30, 2014 / Eli Clifton
Who Profits From Plans to Lock Up More Immigrant Families? Private Prison Companies Who Profits From Plans to Lock Up More Immigrant Families? Private Prison Companies
Human rights groups are alarmed by the administration’s proposal to dramatically expand family detention for undocumented women and children.
Sep 30, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
We Spend $68 Billion a Year on Intelligence Agencies—and They Don’t Really Work We Spend $68 Billion a Year on Intelligence Agencies—and They Don’t Really Work
US intelligence has been blindside by the rise and spread of ISIS and the collapse of the Iraqi army.
Sep 30, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Congress’s Sorry Dereliction of Its War Powers Duty Congress’s Sorry Dereliction of Its War Powers Duty
The founders would not have been shocked at the executive seeking to claim the war power, but they would be astounded at Congress voluntarily giving it up.
Sep 30, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Supreme Court That Made It Easier to Buy Elections Just Made It Harder for People to Vote in Them The Supreme Court That Made It Easier to Buy Elections Just Made It Harder for People to Vote in Them
Unfortunately, the High Court is focused on expanding the influence of billionaires, not voters.
Sep 30, 2014 / John Nichols
From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice
For young people across the country, generational moments collide.
Sep 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Hardest-Hitting Anti-Koch Ad Ever Hardest-Hitting Anti-Koch Ad Ever
Could ads like this stop the Kochs from buying the Senate?
Sep 25, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Will Georgia Be the Next Ukraine? Will Georgia Be the Next Ukraine?
Political tensions, exacerbated by Western regional expansion, are raising the risk of violence.
Sep 25, 2014 / Pietro A. Shakarian