Zephyr Teachout, Hands Up United and John Oliver Made Our 2014 Progressive Honor Roll. Who Else Made the List? Zephyr Teachout, Hands Up United and John Oliver Made Our 2014 Progressive Honor Roll. Who Else Made the List?
From the huge climate march in September to racial-justice activism, it was a year that saw renewal of movement-based politics.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / John Nichols
Why It’s Wrong to Gloat Over The New Republic’s Demise Why It’s Wrong to Gloat Over The New Republic’s Demise
Despite its flaws, it was one of our few remaining journals of serious debate and opinion.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / Steve Wasserman
No Kaddish for ‘The New Republic’ No Kaddish for ‘The New Republic’
From the very beginning, the magazine has shown an eagerness to suck up to power.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
ISIS Wants You to Share This ISIS Wants You to Share This
How the well-meaning public became a handmaiden for terror.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / Rafia Zakaria
Mass Incarceration’s Collateral Damage: The Children Left Behind Mass Incarceration’s Collateral Damage: The Children Left Behind
When a parent is sent to prison, a child’s life is derailed, leaving schools to pick up the pieces.
Dec 16, 2014 / Feature / Katy Reckdahl
On ‘Lost Causes’ and the Future of Palestine On ‘Lost Causes’ and the Future of Palestine
The appearance of Palestinian defeat is an optical illusion—one that hides the probability of eventual Israeli defeat.
Dec 16, 2014 / Feature / Richard Falk
How the Obama Administration Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb How the Obama Administration Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
US nuclear policy is undermining our safety and national security.
Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / Theodore A. Postol
Is Racial Justice Possible in America? Is Racial Justice Possible in America?
We need law and policing reform, but first we have to want to end state-sanctioned violence against African-Americans.
Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / David Dante Troutt
To Save the Planet, We Need to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground—but Oil Companies Have Other Plans To Save the Planet, We Need to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground—but Oil Companies Have Other Plans
They say no to any “stranded assets.”
Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / William D. Cohan
The State Where Giving Birth Can Be Criminal The State Where Giving Birth Can Be Criminal
Tennessee is arresting new mothers for having used drugs in pregnancy—but in a cruel Catch-22, many can’t get the treatment they need.
Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / Rosa Goldensohn and Rachael Levy