Is Washington Purposely Bleeding Syria? Is Washington Purposely Bleeding Syria?
There’s growing evidence that the Obama administration is providing just enough aid to the rebels to sustain the war, but not enough to topple Assad.
Apr 25, 2014 / Omar Ghabra
Fast-Food CEOs Make 1,200 Times As Much As One of Their Workers—and They Want to Keep It That Way Fast-Food CEOs Make 1,200 Times As Much As One of Their Workers—and They Want to Keep It That Way
The food industry is now the most unequal sector in the American economy.
Apr 24, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Net Neutrality Will Be Saved Only If Citizens Raise an Outcry Net Neutrality Will Be Saved Only If Citizens Raise an Outcry
The FCC is mistaken—and democracy is threatened—when commissioners fail to embrace their authority to protect a free and open Internet.
Apr 24, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Why We Can’t Erase Vietnam From LBJ’s Legacy Why We Can’t Erase Vietnam From LBJ’s Legacy
The fiftieth anniversary celebrations of Johnson’s Great Society agenda should not overlook the travesties of the war.
Apr 23, 2014 / Ronnie Dugger
Campaign Chant of Red-State Democrats Campaign Chant of Red-State Democrats
Delay the pipeline? I’m opposed. Support Obamacare? Not I. Though, yes, he is the president, I hardly even know the guy.
Apr 23, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Week of Student Sit-Ins The Week of Student Sit-Ins
As the semester comes to a close, students are taking direct action against deportations, toxic investments and emergency management.
Apr 23, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Christie Hones His 2016 Stump Speech at a Chamber of Commerce Event Christie Hones His 2016 Stump Speech at a Chamber of Commerce Event
But the scandals seem inexorable.
Apr 23, 2014 / The Christie Watch / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Obama’s Free Trade Agreement Ignores the Scandal of Rana Plaza Obama’s Free Trade Agreement Ignores the Scandal of Rana Plaza
The president should be proposing new rules for importers who manufacture their products overseas, but don’t hold your breath.
Apr 23, 2014 / Blog / William Greider
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance
Forty percent of households headed by someone under the age of thirty-five are saddled with student debt, unable to buy homes, raise families and secure their futures.
Apr 23, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Elizabeth Warren May Not Be Ready to Run for President, but Her Book Is Elizabeth Warren May Not Be Ready to Run for President, but Her Book Is
A Fighting Chance is a poignant, populist book that frames a direction for Democrats.
Apr 23, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols