Old, Female and Homeless Old, Female and Homeless
Life on San Francisco’s streets for women over 50 is filled with hardships, small and large.
Jan 23, 2013 / Feature / Rose Aguilar
Election Reform Should Be a Top Priority for the New Congress Election Reform Should Be a Top Priority for the New Congress
Democrats and Obama are serious about fixing the broken US election system. Will the GOP join them?
Jan 23, 2013 / Ari Berman
Katrina vanden Heuvel: A Center-Left America Is Already Here Katrina vanden Heuvel: A Center-Left America Is Already Here
The majority of citizens support progressive agenda items like cuts in defense spending and higher taxes on the very rich.
Jan 23, 2013 / Press Room
Obama’s Shout-Out to Freedom Obama’s Shout-Out to Freedom
In his second inaugural address, the president stood for collective action, solidarity, social justice. Now let’s make him act on it.
Jan 23, 2013 / The Editors
Noted Noted
Robert Dreyfuss on peace and the inaugural address, Dan Wakefield on inaugural poet Richard Blanco, James Cersonsky and Alec Luhn on student movements, the editors on Jeremy Scahil...
Jan 23, 2013 / Various Contributors
Google’s Monopoly on the News Google’s Monopoly on the News
Left undiscussed in the FTC’s investigation is the search giant’s ability to limit what we all read.
Jan 23, 2013 / William F. Baker
From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall
President Obama’s symbolic recognition of minorities isn’t a substitute for policy, but it does matter.
Jan 23, 2013 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
GOP Version2013: Battling Not Just Democrats but Democracy GOP Version2013: Battling Not Just Democrats but Democracy
After the “Virginia Coup,” where Republican legislators gerrymandered election lines, does anyone doubt that Reince Priebus is serious about rigging the Electoral Colle...
Jan 23, 2013 / John Nichols
Obama’s First Term Was Shaped by Clashes With Big-Business Interests Obama’s First Term Was Shaped by Clashes With Big-Business Interests
President Barack Obama’s second term will be shaped by his battles with big business lobbyists in his first.
Jan 22, 2013 / Lee Fang
What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty
It makes no sense to suggest that a poor child could ever have “the same chance to succeed as anybody else.”
Jan 22, 2013 / Betsy Reed