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Brief Interviews With the Hideous Cheneys

Brief Interviews With the Hideous Cheneys Brief Interviews With the Hideous Cheneys

The Cheney family takes a break from their busy lives (of being generally horrible) to answer some questions.

Sep 2, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day

Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day

The business press still insists on equating strong union organizing with communism.

Sep 2, 2014 / Laura Flanders

AIPAC’s Fight Against Iran Diplomacy

AIPAC’s Fight Against Iran Diplomacy AIPAC’s Fight Against Iran Diplomacy

How the Israel lobby is pushing us to war with Iran.

Sep 2, 2014 / Ali Gharib

Washington Created its Own Worst Nightmare—but it Could Still Create Something Worse

Washington Created its Own Worst Nightmare—but it Could Still Create Something Worse Washington Created its Own Worst Nightmare—but it Could Still Create Something Worse

The calls for escalating military action against Islamic State (IS) ignore thirteen years of evidence that US intervention usually accomplishes the opposite of what Washington inte...

Sep 2, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt

Mychal Denzel Smith: You Have to Upend the Entire System of Racism

Mychal Denzel Smith: You Have to Upend the Entire System of Racism Mychal Denzel Smith: You Have to Upend the Entire System of Racism

Mychal Denzel Smith appears on Melissa Harry-Perry to explain why we need a national movement to dismantle white supremacy. 

Sep 2, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry

The State Department Says Russia Is Invading Ukraine—Should We Believe It?

The State Department Says Russia Is Invading Ukraine—Should We Believe It? The State Department Says Russia Is Invading Ukraine—Should We Believe It?

A memo to Angela Merkel from Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.

Sep 2, 2014 / Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity

UPDATED: Michael Sam: Out of the Closet, Out of the NFL?

UPDATED: Michael Sam: Out of the Closet, Out of the NFL? UPDATED: Michael Sam: Out of the Closet, Out of the NFL?

Michael Sam, the first openly gay player with a chance of making an NFL team, now finds himself on the outside looking in.

Sep 2, 2014 / Dave Zirin

How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti

How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti

The chaotic rebuilding effort has actually widened the country’s social rifts, bringing the first emancipated black Republic under the yoke of a new kind of imperialism.

Sep 2, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Will Texas Get Away With Discriminating Against Voters?

Will Texas Get Away With Discriminating Against Voters? Will Texas Get Away With Discriminating Against Voters?

The country’s most stringent voter ID law is once again challenged in federal court.

Sep 2, 2014 / Ari Berman

Reconnecting With the Very American Ideal That Labor Rights Are Human Rights Reconnecting With the Very American Ideal That Labor Rights Are Human Rights

Keith Ellison and John Lewis are right: the US should recognize union organizing as a civil right.

Sep 1, 2014 / John Nichols

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