Jeremy Scahill: Yemen’s Saleh Has Played the United States Jeremy Scahill: Yemen’s Saleh Has Played the United States
How the United States unintentionally fosters terrorism.
Feb 17, 2012 / Press Room
Comments of the Week: Jeremy Lin, Birth Control and Walmart Comments of the Week: Jeremy Lin, Birth Control and Walmart
Each week we post a run-down of the best of our reader comments with the hopes of highlighting some of your most valuable insights and encouraging more people to join the fray. Let...
Feb 17, 2012 / Sarah Arnold
Obama’s Plan to Save the Military From Cuts—at the Expense of Domestic Programs Obama’s Plan to Save the Military From Cuts—at the Expense of Domestic Programs
The White House is seeking to change budget rules so that the Pentagon is cut less and domestic programs are cut more.
Feb 17, 2012 / George Zornick
Occupy Colleges Stages National Teach-Ins Occupy Colleges Stages National Teach-Ins
Schools coast to coast hold teach-ins in preparation for March 1 nationwide march for education.
Feb 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Diana Delgado
Remembering Anthony Shadid Remembering Anthony Shadid
The most gifted foreign correspondent in a generation reported with authority and empathy.
Feb 17, 2012 / Ruth Baldwin
Help Save the Montes Family Help Save the Montes Family
This heartbreaking video describes the outrageously unfair detention and deportation of an innocent man and the callous means by which immigration officials casually tear famil...
Feb 17, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Payroll Tax Cut Deal Gets the Job Done—but Has Major Flaws Payroll Tax Cut Deal Gets the Job Done—but Has Major Flaws
Congress has finally agreed to a deal to help the unemployed—but at the expense of federal workers and perhaps Social Security.
Feb 17, 2012 / George Zornick
Employees Need Birth Control Coverage Mandate Employees Need Birth Control Coverage Mandate
Catholic hospitals net billions in government aid. They should not be able to deny their employees contraceptive coverage.
Feb 17, 2012 / Lois Uttley
Dana Frank: Honduras Prison Fire ‘Was Not a Natural Disaster’ Dana Frank: Honduras Prison Fire ‘Was Not a Natural Disaster’
In Tuesday's prison fire in Honduras that killed more than 350 inmates, who were the real criminals?
Feb 17, 2012 / Press Room
A Politics That Says: The People Shall Rule A Politics That Says: The People Shall Rule
Mark Miller, who led Wisconsin Democratic senators in the historic walkout in solidarity with Wisconsin's protest movement, wants to renew the progressive promise of movement ...
Feb 17, 2012 / John Nichols