Politics

Obama’s Israel Problem Obama’s Israel Problem

It's time for Obama to confront Netanyahu's intransigence directly.

Apr 16, 2010 / The Editors

Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah

 Judge them by their enemies. More evidence that Barack Obama might be shaping up as a good president is that Norman Podhoretz hates him so much.

Apr 16, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Bad Law, Smart Politics in Constitutional Challenges to Healthcare Reform Bad Law, Smart Politics in Constitutional Challenges to Healthcare Reform

 Legal experts say constitutional challenges to the healthcare reform legislation don't have a leg to stand on. But as politics, these suits could be a roaring success.

Apr 16, 2010 / Aziz Huq

What Really Happened to Welfare What Really Happened to Welfare

 If there was ever a time for a serious "conspiracy" on behalf of the poor, this is it.

Apr 16, 2010 / Feature / Author and Barbara Ehrenreich

The Mad Tea Party The Mad Tea Party

How Glenn Beck & Co. trumped up a vast left-wing conspiracy: the "Cloward-Piven strategy."

Apr 15, 2010 / Feature / Richard Kim

Noted. Noted.

David Cole on Dawn Johnsen, Greg Kaufmann on Stephen Friedman's windfall profits and Clarissa A. León on Islam Siddiqui, "pesticide pusher"

Apr 15, 2010 / David Cole, John Nichols, Greg Kaufmann, and Clarissa A. León

Cracking Big Coal Cracking Big Coal

Environmentalists chalk up wins on the ground, putting coal companies on the defensive.

Apr 15, 2010 / Feature / Robert S. Eshelman

License to Kill? License to Kill?

After 9/11, it's less controversial to kill a suspect in cold blood than to hold him in preventive detention.

Apr 15, 2010 / David Cole

The Case for EPA Action

The Case for EPA Action The Case for EPA Action

The agency has the tools to regulate greenhouse gases—if Congress doesn't take them away.

Apr 15, 2010 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Black by Choice Black by Choice

The first black president has created a definitional crisis for whiteness.

Apr 15, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

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