Growing Up in the John Birch Society Growing Up in the John Birch Society
A new memoir exposes the trauma of growing up in an extreme-right-wing family—and the way those traumas were visited, politically, on the rest of us.
Aug 6, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
The Voting Rights Act Is in Peril on Its Forty-Eighth Anniversary The Voting Rights Act Is in Peril on Its Forty-Eighth Anniversary
The VRA transformed American democracy. Now Congress must save it.
Aug 6, 2013 / Blog / Ari Berman
Big Media Story Isn’t Bezos and the Post, It’s the RNC Threatening CNN, NBC Big Media Story Isn’t Bezos and the Post, It’s the RNC Threatening CNN, NBC
Rich guys buy newspapers. Often. But when Reince Priebus makes programming demands on major networks, that's a real measure of the corruption of our democratic discourse.
Aug 6, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Obama’s Militaristic Tilt in Korea Obama’s Militaristic Tilt in Korea
At ceremonies held around the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean armistice, the president sounded bellicose notes, while failing to mention national unification.
Aug 5, 2013 / Tim Shorrock
What’s Really Behind Obama’s Praise of Ray Kelly? What’s Really Behind Obama’s Praise of Ray Kelly?
Obama sounds the notes of racial justice at key moments, while asserting unprecedented power to implement policies that are destructive, discriminatory—and embodied by the NY...
Aug 5, 2013 / Amna Akbar and Jeanne Theoharis
How DC Home Rule Will Help Low-Income Women Seeking Abortions How DC Home Rule Will Help Low-Income Women Seeking Abortions
DC autonomy is now more likely than ever, and with it will come the lifting of a ban on Medicaid coverage of abortion for local women.
Aug 5, 2013 / Samantha Lachman
Welcome to Post-Constitution America Welcome to Post-Constitution America
What if your country begins to change and no one notices?
Aug 5, 2013 / Peter Van Buren
Edward Snowden E-Mailed Me! He Wants My Help Getting Millions Out of Hong Kong Edward Snowden E-Mailed Me! He Wants My Help Getting Millions Out of Hong Kong
His writing needs improvement.
Aug 4, 2013 / Blog / Jon Wiener
Did Scott Walker Really Go and Compare Himself to Franklin Roosevelt? Did Scott Walker Really Go and Compare Himself to Franklin Roosevelt?
An anti-labor governor tries to claim the mantle of the president who championed collective bargaining. Fail!
Aug 3, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
From Tallahassee to Mexico City, the Youth Uprising Continues From Tallahassee to Mexico City, the Youth Uprising Continues
From the Dream 9, to the Dream Defenders, to San Francisco, to Chicago, young people mass for social justice.
Aug 2, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation