Politics

Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail?

Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail? Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail?

Egypt’s reconciliation process has been lauded as restoring confidence to outside investors. But others say it amounts to impunity for the rich.

May 7, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous

The GOP’s New Outreach to Women: It’s a Trap

The GOP’s New Outreach to Women: It’s a Trap The GOP’s New Outreach to Women: It’s a Trap

The Republicans’ new push to win over women voters is just as craven as you think it is. 

May 7, 2013 / George Zornick

When the Time Is Right, America Needs Protection

When the Time Is Right, America Needs Protection When the Time Is Right, America Needs Protection

How else would we be safe?

May 7, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

Obama Did It for the Money

Obama Did It for the Money Obama Did It for the Money

Penny Pritzker's nomination shows how financiers keep being rewarded even as the country suffers the financial crisis they wrought.

May 7, 2013 / Robert Scheer

The Last Empire?

The Last Empire? The Last Empire?

Our twenty-first-century, American-dictated, unipolar moment is a planetary time bomb.

May 7, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too

On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too

The same chemical that exploded in West, Texas, is used by coal companies to blow up mountains.

May 7, 2013 / Laura Flanders

How Did These Five Lobbyists Become Congressional Staffers?

How Did These Five Lobbyists Become Congressional Staffers? How Did These Five Lobbyists Become Congressional Staffers?

Lobbyists are taking up top government positions—but not without receiving large bonus payments from their former firms to see them on their way.

May 6, 2013 / The Nation

Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two)

Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two) Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two)

“Behind every fortune lies a crime,” said Balzac—allegedly true for the fortune inherited by Penny Pritzker. Though nowadays, as the finances of Obama's Comme...

May 6, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It

Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It

Repression after 9/11 is nothing compared to what's come before, and our tools to fight it are greater.

May 6, 2013 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation Video

With Bangladesh Toll Over 700, ‘Which Brands Accept Blood on Their Labels?’

With Bangladesh Toll Over 700, ‘Which Brands Accept Blood on Their Labels?’ With Bangladesh Toll Over 700, ‘Which Brands Accept Blood on Their Labels?’

A senior member of Congress pushes retailers and brands to make “the moral choice” to address condition that produce predictable tragedy.

May 6, 2013 / John Nichols

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