The Politico Piece on Jill Abramson: Trust Us, It’s Sexist The Politico Piece on Jill Abramson: Trust Us, It’s Sexist
Women know sexism when they see it better than men do. This week’s case in point: Dylan Byers.
Apr 26, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
The Bush Presidency, Undead The Bush Presidency, Undead
With the opening of George W's presidential library, pundits are rushing to whitewash the memory of those years of folly.
Apr 26, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Crowdsourcing as Healthcare Policy: Can’t We Do Better? Crowdsourcing as Healthcare Policy: Can’t We Do Better?
GoFundMe donations are a good Band-Aid for a bad system, but can’t we harness America’s generosity in service of better social programs?
Apr 26, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Obama: Stay Out of Syria! Obama: Stay Out of Syria!
The answer is diplomacy, not war.
Apr 26, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
The War on Whistleblowers The War on Whistleblowers
The “War on Whistleblowers” shines a light on normal people who acted with extraordinary courage, conviction and clarity when presented with information they just could...
Apr 25, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
On MoDo On MoDo
The New York Times columnist chastises President Obama for his failure to deal with other pols, ignoring the huge flaws of a system based on silent filibusters and fundra...
Apr 25, 2013 / Eric Alterman
Obama: Mortgaging the Living to Save the Wealth of the Dead Obama: Mortgaging the Living to Save the Wealth of the Dead
Obama’s “chained CPI” saves only half of what the estate tax exemption loses. Do dead millionaires really matter more than Social Security?
Apr 25, 2013 / William Greider
Fat-Shaming All Around Us Fat-Shaming All Around Us
There’s nothing healthy about shaming people for their bodies.
Apr 25, 2013 / Chloe Angyal
Searching for the Praetorian Guard at the George W. Bush Museum Searching for the Praetorian Guard at the George W. Bush Museum
Cheney and Rove are “essentially invisible” at Bush’s museum. But they sure weren’t during his presidency.
Apr 25, 2013 / John Nichols
Did Shaquille O’Neal Just Box Out Mumia? Did Shaquille O’Neal Just Box Out Mumia?
The big man—a cultural tycoon and a friend of the Fraternal Order of Police—just went big-bully on a widely acclaimed film about political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jahmal.
Apr 25, 2013 / Dave Zirin