Does The DREAM Act Have A Shot This Time Around? Does The DREAM Act Have A Shot This Time Around?
Several senators still have uncertain positions on the DREAM Act.
Nov 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette
Are Canadian Colleges Too Asian? Nope. Are Canadian Colleges Too Asian? Nope.
Why the controversial Maclean's On Campus article, "Too Asian," is lazy and inaccurate.
Nov 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette
Meg Whitman Pays $144 Million for her Own Campaign, $5,500 to Her Housekeeper Meg Whitman Pays $144 Million for her Own Campaign, $5,500 to Her Housekeeper
Fox News called the settlement "chump change."
Nov 19, 2010 / Jon Wiener
The Breakdown: Why Did the GOP Block the Paycheck Fairness Act? The Breakdown: Why Did the GOP Block the Paycheck Fairness Act?
Women still earn 77 cents on a man's dollar for full-time work. The Paycheck Fairness Act would have helped remedy that unequal pay. On this week's The Breakdown, the Center for Am...
Nov 19, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Guilty Until Proven Guilty Guilty Until Proven Guilty
How the "War on Terror" is threatening the presumption of innocence.
Nov 18, 2010 / Karen J. Greenberg
It Was 32 Years Ago Today… It Was 32 Years Ago Today…
A new collection from Bruce Springsteen, a defense of Nancy Pelosi and a fresh angle on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Nov 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Time to Call It Torture Time to Call It Torture
The New York Times is finally calling it torture—when someone else has admitted to it.
Nov 18, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Mad Men vs. Math Men Mad Men vs. Math Men
Unless and until progressives change the mind sets of the tens of millions of people who believe right-wing mythology, future elections will have disappointing results for progress...
Nov 17, 2010 / Danny Goldberg
Without Artifice: On William Brennan Without Artifice: On William Brennan
Justice William Brennan's watchword was human dignity, and to protect it he interpreted individual rights expansively.
Nov 17, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
The Merry-Go-Round: On Jack Anderson The Merry-Go-Round: On Jack Anderson
Poisoning the Press tells the tale of Jack Anderson's fall from muckraking hero to blustering pundit.
Nov 17, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Diane Simon