Does the NRA Represent Gun Manufacturers or Gun Owners? Does the NRA Represent Gun Manufacturers or Gun Owners?
The National Rifle Association has successfully stymied any effort to regulate gun ownership, but whom do they really represent?
Dec 15, 2012 / Lee Fang
Three Common-Sense Gun Bills That Can’t Pass Congress Three Common-Sense Gun Bills That Can’t Pass Congress
Washington is so paralyzed on gun control it can’t seem to pass fundamentally sensible reforms.
Dec 14, 2012 / George Zornick
A Constitutional Case Against Felony Disenfranchisement Laws A Constitutional Case Against Felony Disenfranchisement Laws
Obama's recent court victory on early voting may have carved a legal path for fighting down felony disenfranchisement laws.
Dec 14, 2012 / Brentin Mock
‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Raises Dark Memories ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Raises Dark Memories
What's really bothering us is not whether torture works but that Americans are torturers.
Dec 14, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Dean
This Week in Poverty: Kristof’s Swing and Miss This Week in Poverty: Kristof’s Swing and Miss
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof acknowledges that he is no expert on domestic policy, and then sets out to prove it.
Dec 14, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Debugging Our Democracy Debugging Our Democracy
Our sticky, rickety ability to govern forces us to incessantly choose policy choices from the bad/dumb end of the solution continuum.
Dec 13, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Listen to the Fed: Unemployment Is the Real Problem Listen to the Fed: Unemployment Is the Real Problem
Ben Bernanke described the persistence of mass joblessness as “a waste of human and economic potential.”
Dec 13, 2012 / William Greider
Voter ID Plunges Forward in Pennsylvania, Mississippi and Alaska Voter ID Plunges Forward in Pennsylvania, Mississippi and Alaska
Just a month from Election Day states are already pining for restrictions in the next election.
Dec 13, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Crisis in Syria: Obama vs. the Neocons Crisis in Syria: Obama vs. the Neocons
Republican war hawks are pressing for military engagement in Syria. Here’s hoping the president ignores them.
Dec 13, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Lee Fang: The Corporate Cash Behind Michigan’s ‘Right to Work’ Legislation Lee Fang: The Corporate Cash Behind Michigan’s ‘Right to Work’ Legislation
What caused Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s political 180 on anti-labor legislation?
Dec 13, 2012 / Press Room