Inequality Makes Democracy Impossible Inequality Makes Democracy Impossible
WRITING CONTEST WINNER: Effectively addressing this country's vast inequality is the only way to repair this country's broken politics.
Sep 19, 2013 / StudentNation / Bryn Grunwald and StudentNation
Generation Opportunity, New Koch-Funded Front, Says Youth Are Better Off Uninsured Generation Opportunity, New Koch-Funded Front, Says Youth Are Better Off Uninsured
A new Koch-funded political group has a message for young people: you’re better off uninsured.
Sep 19, 2013 / Lee Fang
SEC Makes Important Move Towards Reining In CEO Pay SEC Makes Important Move Towards Reining In CEO Pay
CEOs capture an average of 10 percent of their company’s profits. Will a new SEC action change that?
Sep 19, 2013 / George Zornick
Is Peter Beinart Right About a ‘New New Left’? Is Peter Beinart Right About a ‘New New Left’?
A major pundit argues that poll numbers showing young people’s disatisfaction with American capitalism portends a lurch in American politics to the left. Here’s what th...
Sep 19, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Blocking the Public’s Right to Know About ALEC Blocking the Public’s Right to Know About ALEC
The American Legislative Exchange Council has always been secretive, but now officials are moving to prevent open-records requests for information about the group’s influence...
Sep 18, 2013 / John Nichols
Political Apathy Threatens Our Nation Political Apathy Threatens Our Nation
WRITING CONTEST WINNER: What dominoes fall as a result of our political indifference?
Sep 18, 2013 / StudentNation / Julia Di and StudentNation
Reading the Stakes in Syria Reading the Stakes in Syria
The Syria Dilemma, edited by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel, offers a range of perspectives on the Syrian dilemma from within Syria and beyond.
Sep 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Roxane Gay
Poverty Rate and Income Stagnate as Conservatives Attack the Safety Net Poverty Rate and Income Stagnate as Conservatives Attack the Safety Net
On the fifth anniversary of the financial collapse, new Census data shows that the modest uptick in the economy has failed to reach poor- and middle-class Americans.
Sep 17, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
GOP Madness on Display GOP Madness on Display
The Republican right is once more gearing up to hold America hostage.
Sep 17, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Larry Summers Is Out, but the Boys’ Club Is as In as Ever Larry Summers Is Out, but the Boys’ Club Is as In as Ever
The protracted fight to get a more qualified woman nominated over a less qualified man is a perfect parable for how hard achieving diversity really is.
Sep 17, 2013 / Bryce Covert