Politics

Joe Kennedy, Cold War Critic

Joe Kennedy, Cold War Critic Joe Kennedy, Cold War Critic

The father of Jack and Bobby and Ted saw the world differently from his sons.

Feb 5, 2013 / Jon Wiener

The Real Problem With Brooklyn College’s BDS Forum Was the Backlash

The Real Problem With Brooklyn College’s BDS Forum Was the Backlash The Real Problem With Brooklyn College’s BDS Forum Was the Backlash

There is something disingenuous about cries that the forum does not represent the spectrum of views on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Feb 4, 2013 / Chris Hayes

Why a Permanent Democratic Majority Is Not a Demographic Inevitability (Part One: Antecedents)

Why a Permanent Democratic Majority Is Not a Demographic Inevitability (Part One: Antecedents) Why a Permanent Democratic Majority Is Not a Demographic Inevitability (Part One: Antecedents)

Be very, very careful about the proliferating arguments that demographics show that Republicans are on their way out for good.

Feb 4, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

McCain, Scarborough and What ‘Everyone Knows’

McCain, Scarborough and What ‘Everyone Knows’ McCain, Scarborough and What ‘Everyone Knows’

Republicans lose it when challenged on their make-believe consensus.

Feb 4, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton

Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton

As secretary of state, Clinton backed the Petraeus-CIA plan to go to war in Syria.

Feb 4, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It

Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It

Right-wing machinations around voting haven’t stopped just because the election’s over. Now up: rebuilding the walls around registration.

Feb 4, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch and Brentin Mock

A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes

A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes

Before we’re forced to pick our flavor of austerity, we should close tax loopholes in the financial sector to raise much-needed revenue.

Feb 4, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Skeeters Bit by Image of President Who Opposes Violence—Not the Second Amendment

Skeeters Bit by Image of President Who Opposes Violence—Not the Second Amendment Skeeters Bit by Image of President Who Opposes Violence—Not the Second Amendment

One picture might just speak a thousand words about Obama's balance stance on gun safety.

Feb 4, 2013 / John Nichols

Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet

Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet

There is a special place reserved for the late New York City mayor in gay hell.

Feb 2, 2013 / Richard Kim

What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement?

What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement? What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement?

Voter suppression efforts in Virginia and Florida have galvinated activists to fight harder to protect--and expand--the vote in 2016.

Feb 1, 2013 / Brentin Mock

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