Exit of Wall Street–Friendly Max Baucus is No Loss for Democrats Exit of Wall Street–Friendly Max Baucus is No Loss for Democrats
The Senate Finance Committee chair who often clashed with party progressives and populists is quitting. A very different Democrat might replace him.
Apr 23, 2013 / John Nichols
Jeremy Scahill: The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen Jeremy Scahill: The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen
Who were the al-Awlakis, and why did the US kill them?
Apr 23, 2013 / Press Room
Jeremy Scahill: Telling the Story of America’s Dirty Wars Jeremy Scahill: Telling the Story of America’s Dirty Wars
What do we know—and not know—about the US’s covert, extrajudicial ops?
Apr 23, 2013 / Press Room
The Austerity Doctrine Exposed The Austerity Doctrine Exposed
Budget cuts arise because of crises, not vice versa. Will congressional Republicans ever learn?
Apr 23, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Week in #Fail The Week in #Fail
The media, the austerity-hawks and the government should all just give up.
Apr 23, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
The Long March of Jeremy Scahill’s ‘Dirty Wars’ The Long March of Jeremy Scahill’s ‘Dirty Wars’
America’s covert warfare—a bizarre form of unconscious wish fulfillment—warrants Scahill’s unembedded, dogged, independent reporting.
Apr 23, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
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How the Climate Reform Effort Was Poisoned From the Inside [EDITORS’ NOTE ADDED ON 4/30/13] How the Climate Reform Effort Was Poisoned From the Inside [EDITORS’ NOTE ADDED ON 4/30/13]
On this Earth Day, it’s worth reflecting on new disclosures that show the anti–global warming campaign was infiltrated by the opposition.
Apr 22, 2013 / Lee Fang
How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion
In the coming decades, two converging nightmares are likely to produce a tidal wave of unrest, rebellion, competition and conflict.
Apr 22, 2013 / Michael T. Klare
Elites May Finally Realize Austerity Isn’t the Answer Elites May Finally Realize Austerity Isn’t the Answer
After a series of events this week, is the austerity consensus unraveling?
Apr 22, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Boston, West, Newtown: For Whom the Bells Toll, For Whom the Alarms Ring Boston, West, Newtown: For Whom the Bells Toll, For Whom the Alarms Ring
There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.
Apr 21, 2013 / Richard Kim