So Begins the Slow March Back into Iraq and Toward Disaster So Begins the Slow March Back into Iraq and Toward Disaster
Washington always imagines it can control combustible situations abroad. It can’t. And it won’t.
Jun 24, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Will the Democratic Party Deliver for Working Women? Will the Democratic Party Deliver for Working Women?
In The Curve’s second roundtable discussion, our contributors ask what legislative goals feminists can really achieve in Washington.
Jun 24, 2014 / Kathleen Geier and Curve Contributors
Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War
The ACLU finds that SWAT teams spend more time kicking down suspected drug offenders’ doors than rescuing hostages or stopping gunmen.
Jun 24, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
The US Still Has a Soft Spot for Brutal Military Dictators The US Still Has a Soft Spot for Brutal Military Dictators
The conviction of three Al Jazeera journalists yesterday underscored the hypocrisy of US support for Egypt’s General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
Jun 24, 2014 / Robert Scheer
It’s Still About the Oil, Stupid! It’s Still About the Oil, Stupid!
Once again, the media fails to address the issue underlying much of the violence in Iraq—control over its most precious resource.
Jun 24, 2014 / Michael Schwartz
Should the Left Stop Complaining About the Iraq War Hawks’ Return to the Media? Should the Left Stop Complaining About the Iraq War Hawks’ Return to the Media?
Jonathan Chait thinks so.
Jun 24, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq
Instead of ignoring what the neo-cons have to say about the present crisis in Iraq, maybe we should do this...
Jun 24, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Fifty Years After Freedom Summer, the Voting Rights Act Is Needed More Than Ever Fifty Years After Freedom Summer, the Voting Rights Act Is Needed More Than Ever
Following the Supreme Court’s decision gutting the VRA, we’re seeing the greatest attack on voting rights since Reconstruction.
Jun 24, 2014 / Ari Berman
It’s Time for the Department of Education to Dump Sallie Mae It’s Time for the Department of Education to Dump Sallie Mae
Sallie Mae broke the law, and SLAP demands that the Department of Education terminate its contract.
Jun 23, 2014 / StudentNation / Beth Huang and StudentNation
My ‘Real’ Family Values My ‘Real’ Family Values
It’s time to talk about paid sick days, maternity/paternity leave and America’s backwards family workplace values.
Jun 23, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel