Here’s What’s NOT the Matter With Kansas Here’s What’s NOT the Matter With Kansas
Feisty independent Greg Orman is polling well against GOP Senator Pat Roberts, a shill for Big Money in this reddest of red states.
Oct 1, 2014 / John Nichols
Eric Holder’s Mixed Record Eric Holder’s Mixed Record
The attorney general was a champion of civil rights—but not civil liberties.
Oct 1, 2014 / The Editors
7 GOP Governors Who May Lose Re-Election 7 GOP Governors Who May Lose Re-Election
Their extremist policies have made them so vulnerable that corporate America is scrambling to save them.
Oct 1, 2014 / John Nichols
Run, Karen, Run! Run, Karen, Run!
Chicago Teachers Union leader Karen Lewis is eyeing Mayor Emanuel’s job.
Oct 1, 2014 / Column / Gary Younge
Conservatives Really Don’t Get It About Climate Change Conservatives Really Don’t Get It About Climate Change
Watch some of the most outlandish statements about our changing climate at last week’s Values Voter Summit.
Oct 1, 2014 / Lauren Windsor
Six Lessons for Obama on How to Improve Relations With Cuba Six Lessons for Obama on How to Improve Relations With Cuba
The president knows US policy has been a failure. Here’s how he can make a breakthrough, in the little time he has left.
Sep 30, 2014 / William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh
UANI President Gary Samore Dismisses Imminent Threat of an Iranian Nuclear Weapon UANI President Gary Samore Dismisses Imminent Threat of an Iranian Nuclear Weapon
Gary Samore should probably call his (UANI) office.
Sep 30, 2014 / Eli Clifton
Who Profits From Plans to Lock Up More Immigrant Families? Private Prison Companies Who Profits From Plans to Lock Up More Immigrant Families? Private Prison Companies
Human rights groups are alarmed by the administration’s proposal to dramatically expand family detention for undocumented women and children.
Sep 30, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
We Spend $68 Billion a Year on Intelligence Agencies—and They Don’t Really Work We Spend $68 Billion a Year on Intelligence Agencies—and They Don’t Really Work
US intelligence has been blindside by the rise and spread of ISIS and the collapse of the Iraqi army.
Sep 30, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Congress’s Sorry Dereliction of Its War Powers Duty Congress’s Sorry Dereliction of Its War Powers Duty
The founders would not have been shocked at the executive seeking to claim the war power, but they would be astounded at Congress voluntarily giving it up.
Sep 30, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel