Society

Michael Foot and the Defense of a Free Press in Wartime Michael Foot and the Defense of a Free Press in Wartime

"Therefore we must fight, fight, fight to retain those liberties."

Mar 4, 2010 / John Nichols

Our other public option Our other public option

 Public education offers some cautionary lessons.

Mar 3, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

“And The Twitter Goes Wild” “And The Twitter Goes Wild”

 The Twitter spotlight on Morning Joe.

Mar 3, 2010 / Ari Melber

The World According to Stupak The World According to Stupak

By Representative Bart Stupak's logic, the government is "subsidizing abortion" by building roads, developing medicine and providing childcare.

Mar 2, 2010 / Jessica Arons

To ESPN’s Bill Simmons: Tiger Woods is not Muhammad Ali To ESPN’s Bill Simmons: Tiger Woods is not Muhammad Ali

Can ESPN please declare a company-wide moratorium on comparing current athletes to Muhammad Ali?

Mar 1, 2010 / Dave Zirin

The Breakdown: Will Torture Memo Authors Evade Justice? The Breakdown: Will Torture Memo Authors Evade Justice?

In 2002, the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, at the behest of the CIA and in conjunction with the White House, drafted a memo on acceptable standards of interrogat...

Feb 26, 2010 / Chris Hayes

Broken ICE Broken ICE

Inside ICE's secret detention facility on Varick Street in Manhattan.

Feb 25, 2010 / Jacqueline Stevens

Convergences Convergences

The cost of failing to see our common fate.

Feb 25, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Big Tobacco and the Historians Big Tobacco and the Historians

A tale of seduction and intimidation.

Feb 25, 2010 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Semites and ‘Anti-Semites’ Semites and ‘Anti-Semites’

When the accusation (anti-Semitism) says more about the accuser (The New Republic) than the accused (Andrew Sullivan).

Feb 25, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman

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