Senate Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood, But the Political Assault Continues Senate Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood, But the Political Assault Continues
Instead of a serious debate about the facts, for GOP candidates who sit in the Senate this is “all about politics.”
Aug 3, 2015 / John Nichols
August 3, 1948: Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Being a Communist August 3, 1948: Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Being a Communist
“The air was heavy with the ominous and ultimate charges of modern history: treason, espionage, and insanity.”
Aug 3, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Bernie Sanders Explains Why You Should Care About What’s Happening to Greece Bernie Sanders Explains Why You Should Care About What’s Happening to Greece
He really does sound like a socialist, doesn’t he?
Jul 31, 2015 / William Greider
The Apache vs. Rio Tinto The Apache vs. Rio Tinto
The San Carlos tribe is fighting to block a massive mining project that would cut a two-mile wide crater through sacred land.
Jul 31, 2015 / Nick Kimbrell
People Will Remember Shell Oil As a Symbol of Planet-Destroying Greed People Will Remember Shell Oil As a Symbol of Planet-Destroying Greed
On the day the heat index in an Iranian city broke world records, Shell Oil moved forward with its plan to drill in the Arctic.
Jul 31, 2015 / Bill McKibben
Inside the Effort to Kill the Iran Deal Inside the Effort to Kill the Iran Deal
The rhetoric coming from Iran hawks is increasingly out of touch with public opinion.
Jul 31, 2015 / James Carden
How Rand Paul Could Have Profited From a Debt-Ceiling Crisis He Helped Create How Rand Paul Could Have Profited From a Debt-Ceiling Crisis He Helped Create
At the height of the debt-ceiling debate, the senator failed to disclose his financial interest in a US default.
Jul 30, 2015 / Scott Keyes
The Lament of John Kasich The Lament of John Kasich
In polls your announcement should give you a bump. But mine was drowned out by that blustering Trump. The timing of this has me really quite vexed. Will I be upstaged by Kardashi…
Jul 30, 2015 / Deadline Poet / Calvin Trillin
July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law
Was it really a “sweeping new departure in American social legislation”?
Jul 30, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Leopoldo López Is Not Venezuela’s Savior Leopoldo López Is Not Venezuela’s Savior
Despite US support, the revolutionary has only succeeded in pushing like-minded opposition leaders far, far away.
Jul 29, 2015 / Greg Grandin