Defending ‘Roe v. Wade’ Defending ‘Roe v. Wade’
In the face of an emboldened right-wing assault in both legislatures and at clinic doors, the only thing to do is fight back.
Jan 21, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Eric Alterman rounds up the best of New York, confronts Reagan's Alzheimer's and reader mail.
Jan 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Quote of the Day: Tunisia and the ‘Arab Soul’ Quote of the Day: Tunisia and the ‘Arab Soul’
The remedy to the Arab world broken by "poverty, unemployment and general recession" is twenty more revolutions.
Jan 21, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Afghan Election Crisis The Afghan Election Crisis
A flawed parliamentary election in September has inflamed politics and pushed the country closer to civil war, on top of the insurgency already underway.
Jan 21, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Palin Drones Palin Drones
The government of The Great Regression tries to repeal healthcare and some long-forgotten silver screen classics.
Jan 20, 2011 / Eric Alterman
How Sargent Shriver Helped John Kennedy Become a Liberal How Sargent Shriver Helped John Kennedy Become a Liberal
“The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity," declared the Kennedy man who forged the Peace Corps and the War...
Jan 20, 2011 / John Nichols
House Republicans Vote to Restore Insurance-Industry Control of Healthcare House Republicans Vote to Restore Insurance-Industry Control of Healthcare
The symbolic House debate over healthcare reform misses the point. More Americans favor real reforms that crack down on insurance-industry abuses than favor outright repeal of the ...
Jan 20, 2011 / John Nichols
Undoing the ‘Citizens United’ Damage Undoing the ‘Citizens United’ Damage
John Roberts and his allies overreached so brazenly that they have created an opening for genuine reform.
Jan 19, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Not Enough on Cuba Embargo Not Enough on Cuba Embargo
The president makes some progress, but not enough, on ending the anachronism called the US embargo against Cuba.
Jan 19, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Big Media Gets Bigger as FCC and Justice Department Approve Comcast/NBC Merger Big Media Gets Bigger as FCC and Justice Department Approve Comcast/NBC Merger
The FCC's vote to approve Comcast's proposed acquisition of a majority stake in NBC Universal represents the ultimate surrender to the demands of corporate America.
Jan 19, 2011 / John Nichols