Politics

Torture Victim

US Special Forces May Have Gone On a Murder Spree in Afghanistan—Did the Army Cover It Up? US Special Forces May Have Gone On a Murder Spree in Afghanistan—Did the Army Cover It Up?

Exclusive video: “I saw with my own eyes that they killed people.”

Sep 2, 2015 / Matthieu Aikins

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Lays Down 2016’s New Electoral Math Bernie Sanders Lays Down 2016’s New Electoral Math

“I think you’re looking at the candidate who can substantially increase voter turnout all across the country.”

Sep 1, 2015 / John Nichols

Memo to Fed: Don’t Raise Interest Rates

Memo to Fed: Don’t Raise Interest Rates Memo to Fed: Don’t Raise Interest Rates

The Fed needs to stop worrying about stemming inflation that doesn’t exist and keep the focus on the jobs we need.

Sep 1, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Gun Policy Debate in Four Sentences The Gun Policy Debate in Four Sentences

Another day, another shooting

Sep 1, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Wedding chairs

Feminism Does Not Depend on Whether You Take Your Husband’s Name Feminism Does Not Depend on Whether You Take Your Husband’s Name

Changing your name is not a feminist act. At the same time, you have not betrayed feminism if you change your name.

Aug 31, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

Students Protest BLM

What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy

On the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking history, Hammer and Hoe, author Robin D.G. Kelley discusses the lessons Alabama’s forgotten black communists can offer today’s activis...

Aug 31, 2015 / Sarah Jaffe

Iran Nuclear Deal Celebrations

After the Iran Deal: How to Make the Most of the Next 15 Years After the Iran Deal: How to Make the Most of the Next 15 Years

If the US wants to make the Iran deal stick, we have to face up to our broken nuclear promises.

Aug 31, 2015 / Alice Slater

Martin O'Malley

Martin O’Malley Declares That the Democratic Debate Schedule Is ‘Rigged’ Martin O’Malley Declares That the Democratic Debate Schedule Is ‘Rigged’

A Democratic contender objects that the deck is stacked to help Hillary Clinton.

Aug 30, 2015 / John Nichols

August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina Strikes the Gulf Coast

August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina Strikes the Gulf Coast August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina Strikes the Gulf Coast

“Faith-based disaster relief is no substitute for an effective, organized, rapid government response.”

Aug 29, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

New Orleans Public Housing

Former Residents of New Orleans’s Demolished Housing Projects Tell Their Stories Former Residents of New Orleans’s Demolished Housing Projects Tell Their Stories

When public housing was demolished post-Katrina, black women were especially hard hit. A new report examines what their lives look like now.

Aug 28, 2015 / Dani McClain

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