Will Eric Cantor’s Financial Backers Allow Him to Kill a Debt Ceiling Increase? Will Eric Cantor’s Financial Backers Allow Him to Kill a Debt Ceiling Increase?
Eric Cantor and his fellow Republicans are so deeply beholden to Wall Street firms that would be damaged in a debt default, that one wonders if their stance is one big bluff....
Jul 11, 2011 / George Zornick
Why I’m Boycotting Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in Arizona Why I’m Boycotting Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in Arizona
Crowds have asked Commissioner Bud Selig to move the 2011 All-Star Game out of Arizona. He chose not to listen—and now I choose not to watch.
Jul 11, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Does Ann Coulter Really Believe the US Bombed Egypt? Does Ann Coulter Really Believe the US Bombed Egypt?
On HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Chris Hayes responds to Ann Coulter's foreign policy misconceptions.
Jul 11, 2011 / Press Room
Is Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire About to Collapse? Is Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire About to Collapse?
The Nation's John Nichols joins The Last Word to explain the history of Murdoch's extreme influence over British politics and also how this translates to who is—and who isn't...
Jul 11, 2011 / Press Room
The Oxford Comma-otion The Oxford Comma-otion
Who gives a [insert expletive] about an Oxford comma?
Jul 11, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Maria Kari
Does Ann Coulter Really Believe the US Bombed Egypt? Does Ann Coulter Really Believe the US Bombed Egypt?
On HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Chris Hayes responds to Ann Coulter's foreign policy misconceptions.
Jul 11, 2011 / HBO
Is Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire About to Collapse? Is Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire About to Collapse?
The Nation's John Nichols joins The Last Word to explain the history of Murdoch's extreme influence over British politics and also how this translates to who is—and who isn't...
Jul 11, 2011 / MSNBC
A Creditable Left A Creditable Left
To recover lost ground, progressives should focus more on civil society than electoral politics.
Jul 11, 2011 / Feature / Richard Sennett
Like Water for Gold in El Salvador Like Water for Gold in El Salvador
Activists are risking their lives in the fight against US and Canadian mining companies.
Jul 11, 2011 / Feature / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh
The Shelters That Clinton Built The Shelters That Clinton Built
Structurally unsafe and laced with formaldehyde, the "hurricane-proof" classroom trailers installed by the Clinton Foundation in Haiti came from the same company being su...
Jul 11, 2011 / Feature / Isabel Macdonald and Isabeau Doucet