Politics

You Can’t Fight Poverty With a Concert

You Can’t Fight Poverty With a Concert You Can’t Fight Poverty With a Concert

Global Citizen’s celebrity-packed festival aims to mobilize millennials against poverty. That’s pointless if it strips politics from the fight.

Sep 24, 2015 / Benjamin Cohen and Elliot Ross

The Pope’s Powerful Message to Congress: Don’t Discard America’s Immigrants

The Pope’s Powerful Message to Congress: Don’t Discard America’s Immigrants The Pope’s Powerful Message to Congress: Don’t Discard America’s Immigrants

How geopolitics often hurts the world’s poor and vulnerable was a central theme of the pope’s speech.

Sep 24, 2015 / George Zornick

Scott Walker

Walker’s Poll Numbers Fall Below the Lowest Number Walker’s Poll Numbers Fall Below the Lowest Number

Alas, oh woe, poor Walker, Scott, Whose prospects once were seen as hot. In Iowa, the leading spot Was Scott’s, but now he’ll have to trot. Scott’s whole campaign had gone to pot.

Sep 24, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Promise of Jeremy Corbyn’s Victory

The Promise of Jeremy Corbyn’s Victory The Promise of Jeremy Corbyn’s Victory

He’s attracted more than 60,000 new members to the Labour Party, idealists inspired by a candidate offering more than cosmetic change.

Sep 24, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

This Isn’t the Roberts Court—It’s the Kennedy Court

This Isn’t the Roberts Court—It’s the Kennedy Court This Isn’t the Roberts Court—It’s the Kennedy Court

The Court’s results are mixed, not because of John Roberts’s leadership but because of Anthony Kennedy’s more balanced commitments.

Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / David Cole

Hairs to the Throne

Hairs to the Throne Hairs to the Throne

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Sep 24, 2015 / Victor Juhasz

The Many Sins of ‘Citizens United’

The Many Sins of ‘Citizens United’ The Many Sins of ‘Citizens United’

In order to get the ruling they wanted, the conservative justices had to ignore an extensive record on political corruption.

Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

September 24, 1964: The Warren Commission Delivers Its Final Report to President Lyndon Johnson

September 24, 1964: The Warren Commission Delivers Its Final Report to President Lyndon Johnson September 24, 1964: The Warren Commission Delivers Its Final Report to President Lyndon Johnson

“Only those who for whatever reasons of personal or political myopia cannot bring themselves to face reality will continue to think that the tragedy was proximately the work of mor...

Sep 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Carly Fiorina’s Planned-Parenthood Distortions Get Worse

Carly Fiorina’s Planned-Parenthood Distortions Get Worse Carly Fiorina’s Planned-Parenthood Distortions Get Worse

The footage Fiorina described during last week’s debate doesn’t actually exist, so a PAC supporting her tried to create it.

Sep 23, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

If You Owe Student-Loan Debt, the Government Can Garnish Your Social Security Benefits

If You Owe Student-Loan Debt, the Government Can Garnish Your Social Security Benefits If You Owe Student-Loan Debt, the Government Can Garnish Your Social Security Benefits

Join our campaign to demand relief for thousands of Social Security recipients still struggling to pay off their student loans.

Sep 23, 2015 / NationAction

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