Rupert Murdoch Actually Raises a Good Point About Keystone XL Rupert Murdoch Actually Raises a Good Point About Keystone XL
The existing portions of the Keystone pipeline saw fourteen spills in its first year of operation, and extending it across the entire country would pose a huge public health hazard...
Feb 22, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
‘I Can’t Keep My Mind on the Show’ ‘I Can’t Keep My Mind on the Show’
The political press doesn't understand just how differently the right thinks—it's scientifically proven.
Feb 21, 2013 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
The Very American Cynicism of House of Cards The Very American Cynicism of House of Cards
We need to ask ourselves what these tales in political corruption are teaching us to believe.
Feb 21, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Dean
They’ve Got the Fever… They’ve Got the Fever…
As the GOP’s ideological center hurtles into the farthest reaches of the universe, the MSM still strives for “balance.”
Feb 20, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
Five Things to Know About Immigration and Enforcement Five Things to Know About Immigration and Enforcement
Keep these facts in mind the next time you read anything about immigration.
Feb 20, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado
On the ‘Anger’ of Betty Friedan and ‘The Feminine Mystique’ On the ‘Anger’ of Betty Friedan and ‘The Feminine Mystique’
Some anger is legitimate, and Betty Friedan’s, if too narrowly cast, certainly was.
Feb 17, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Dean
Rubio Is Not Ready for Prime Time Rubio Is Not Ready for Prime Time
In a reposted interview withABC News, Katrina vanden Heuvel talks about Marco Rubio’s water lunge and more.
Feb 15, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/15/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/15/13)
This week, articles critique the spotty broadband coverage in the United States, our complacent foreign policy in the Middle East, the idealistic education proposals in Barack Obam...
Feb 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
White People Have to Give Up Racism White People Have to Give Up Racism
It's the only real solution to deaths like those of Trayvon Martin and Rodgrio Diaz.
Feb 14, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Stalker Stalker
For the novelist James Lasdun, being stalked online is like “swallowing a cup of poison every morning.”
Feb 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain