Floats Like A Vulture Floats Like A Vulture
Instead of rescuing forgotten truths, neocons like Charles Krauthammer devise novel fallacies.
May 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
How the Media’s VA ‘Scandal’ Coverage Is Making the Same Old Mistakes How the Media’s VA ‘Scandal’ Coverage Is Making the Same Old Mistakes
Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the media.
May 20, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Reining in the Surveillance State Reining in the Surveillance State
A host of troubling policies, including the prosecution of record numbers of journalists and whistleblowers, are proliferating unchecked.
May 20, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will GOP Leaders Block Another Immigration Measure? Will GOP Leaders Block Another Immigration Measure?
The Republican leadership is poised once again to back away from immigration reform, rather than take on the far right.
May 20, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Thanks to the Roberts Court, Corporations Have More Constitutional Rights Than Actual People Thanks to the Roberts Court, Corporations Have More Constitutional Rights Than Actual People
In case after case, the Court is expanding the power of corporations and the very wealthy while making it harder for ordinary citizens to fight back.
May 20, 2014 / Blog / William Greider
The ‘Despicable Karl Rove Playbook’ Targets Hillary Clinton The ‘Despicable Karl Rove Playbook’ Targets Hillary Clinton
Without fresh 2016 presidential candidates, Republicans will direct all their energies to tearing down Hillary Clinton.
May 20, 2014 / Nation in the News / Press Room
The University of Chicago Is Bidding for the Obama Library, but Activists Would Rather Have a Trauma Center The University of Chicago Is Bidding for the Obama Library, but Activists Would Rather Have a Trauma Center
Community groups say building a trauma in Chicago’s South Side would save lives.
May 19, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
Students Kick Out the IMF, March for Af-Am Studies and Make Sallie Mae Pay. What’s Next? Students Kick Out the IMF, March for Af-Am Studies and Make Sallie Mae Pay. What’s Next?
As the semester ends, students add “diversity of opinion” to campus policymaking—and win.
May 19, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Can the GOP Win Hispanic Voters in 2016? Can the GOP Win Hispanic Voters in 2016?
Susana Martinez vs. Julian Castro for vice president? Maybe.
May 19, 2014 / The Christie Watch / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
How America First Learned About a Young Lawyer Named Gandhi How America First Learned About a Young Lawyer Named Gandhi
His first mention in the US media occurred well before he became a leader of the Indian national movement—in The Nation magazine, in 1897.
May 19, 2014 / Ramachandra Guha