Administration Admits Vague Language in Obama’s AUMF Is ‘Very Deliberate’ Administration Admits Vague Language in Obama’s AUMF Is ‘Very Deliberate’
A top defense official says the lack of geographic limits was “very deliberate” and could be used to fight a worldwide war against “extremism.”
Mar 3, 2015 / Blog / George Zornick
10 Reasons I’m Praying for AIPAC’s Decline 10 Reasons I’m Praying for AIPAC’s Decline
The right-wing ‘pro-Israel’ lobby is slowly losing its bipartisan appeal. Here's why that's a good thing.
Mar 3, 2015 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Medea Benjamin and Foreign Policy In Focus
What I Learned From Breaking the Law What I Learned From Breaking the Law
In 1971, I helped burglarize an FBI office and leaked documents that exposed J. Edgar Hoover’s abuses of power. Here’s what that experience taught me.
Mar 3, 2015 / John Raines
Say It Ain’t So, Jeb Say It Ain’t So, Jeb
Jeb Bush’s "growth agenda" is not actually going to create growth.
Mar 3, 2015 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Royal Dutch Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World Royal Dutch Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World
An ice-choked ocean, tens of thousands of whales, no proven technology in case of emergency and a mission for oil: what could possibly go wrong?
Mar 3, 2015 / Subhankar Banerjee
We Need a Leader With a Superiority Complex We Need a Leader With a Superiority Complex
If you don’t think we’re better than the rest of the planet, what are you doing in office?
Mar 3, 2015 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
American Jews Face an Ominous New Threat American Jews Face an Ominous New Threat
We never saw this one coming.
Mar 3, 2015 / Eli Valley
Mr. Spock Was a McGovernite: Remembering Leonard Nimoy’s ‘Live Long and Prosper’ Politics Mr. Spock Was a McGovernite: Remembering Leonard Nimoy’s ‘Live Long and Prosper’ Politics
Few stars campaigned harder for the anti-war candidate’s 1972 presidential bid.
Mar 2, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Why Americans Don’t Care About Prison Rape Why Americans Don’t Care About Prison Rape
And what happens when the problem escapes from behind bars.
Mar 2, 2015 / Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
The Koch Cash Behind the Latest Attack on Obamacare The Koch Cash Behind the Latest Attack on Obamacare
The Supreme Court will once again examine the Affordable Care Act—and the Kochs’ deep-seated connections might influence the gavel.
Mar 2, 2015 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel