The Payroll Tax Cut Gets the Fox News Treatment The Payroll Tax Cut Gets the Fox News Treatment
Why are current Republicans so combative, toxic and unwilling to look at actual policy? Consult your local listings.
Dec 19, 2011 / George Zornick
Robert Reich to President Obama: Support Us and We’ll Support You Robert Reich to President Obama: Support Us and We’ll Support You
What should President Obama do to win our support?
Dec 19, 2011 / Robert B. Reich
Thank You, Anarchists Thank You, Anarchists
With their emphasis on participatory direct democracy, the anarchists behind Occupy Wall Street have changed the very idea of what politics could be.
Dec 19, 2011 / Nathan Schneider
Christopher Hitchens: Some Memories Christopher Hitchens: Some Memories
Christopher was moved, in his choice of objects of animosity, by an unstable mixture of calculation and conviction.
Dec 19, 2011 / Norman Birnbaum
Occupy Education Occupy Education
The Occupy movement takes on neoliberal education reform and the Bloomberg Department of Education.
Dec 19, 2011 / Liza Featherstone
Devil’s Deposition: Joe Paterno Delayed Reporting Sex Abuse to Avoid Ruining Anyone’s Weekend Devil’s Deposition: Joe Paterno Delayed Reporting Sex Abuse to Avoid Ruining Anyone’s Weekend
The legendary Joe Paterno has shown just how low a school is willing to go to preserve the status quo. But don’t think for a second that this is just a Penn State problem.
Dec 19, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Singing the Recall Carol in Wisconsin Singing the Recall Carol in Wisconsin
Wisconsin's Solidary singers were singing—illegally—at noon in the WIsconsin Capitol.
Dec 19, 2011 / Laura Flanders
David Montgomery, Grand Master Workman David Montgomery, Grand Master Workman
A pioneering historian convinced that another world was possible, and that working people would create it for themselves.
Dec 19, 2011 / Dana Frank
California Bills Can Set Precedent for Women’s Colleges to Sharpen Transgender Policies California Bills Can Set Precedent for Women’s Colleges to Sharpen Transgender Policies
A trio of bills in California supporting LGBT rights represent an important shift in the right direction.
Dec 19, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli
Remembering Christa Wolf Remembering Christa Wolf
German Novelist Christa Wolf dies on December 1, 2011 at 82.
Dec 19, 2011 / Norman Birnbaum