The ‘Undo-Everything’ Congress: What the Press Doesn’t See The ‘Undo-Everything’ Congress: What the Press Doesn’t See
The hard-right wing exerts an oversized influence on our gridlocked Congress, thanks in part to a Beltway media enamored of them.
Apr 5, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness
With sequestration, a bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.
Apr 5, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Capitalism: A Disaster for All Seasons Capitalism: A Disaster for All Seasons
For every San Francisco earthquake and Superstorm Sandy, some die—and others profit.
Apr 4, 2013 / Steve Fraser
Will Obama Defend Media Democracy? Will Obama Defend Media Democracy?
His next appointee for FCC chair could determine whether robber barons consolidate their domination of the public discourse.
Apr 3, 2013 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Noted Noted
Katrina vanden Heuvel on the battle for paid sick days, Elana Leopold on the fight against Pam Geller's Islamaphobic ads, Sarah Woolf on the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto u...
Apr 3, 2013 / Various Contributors
The Lack of Paid Sick Leave Is Unhealthy for America The Lack of Paid Sick Leave Is Unhealthy for America
Being able to stay home sick keeps workers and children healthy and businesses profitable.
Apr 3, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The GOP’s Drug-Testing Dragnet The GOP’s Drug-Testing Dragnet
How Republicans and industry profiteers are targeting high school students, welfare applicants and the unemployed.
Apr 3, 2013 / Feature / Isabel Macdonald
Alaska’s Lesson for the Left Alaska’s Lesson for the Left
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins pulled off a huge upset in a state legislative race by showing that he cared.
Apr 3, 2013 / Feature / Russell Mokhiber
The Minutemen and the Mainstream Media The Minutemen and the Mainstream Media
A new book argues that the media failed to grasp the frightening extremism of the anti-immigrant border patrols of a few years ago—and wraps it in a thrilling true-crime tale...
Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
Educator Who Challenged Scott Walker’s Vouchers Agenda Wins 61-39 in Wisconsin Educator Who Challenged Scott Walker’s Vouchers Agenda Wins 61-39 in Wisconsin
The Superintendent of Public Instruction, who campaigned as an advocate for public education, was reelected with the message, "We can and must meet our constitutional obligati...
Apr 3, 2013 / John Nichols