Politics

Boston and a History Borne on the Night Wind of the Past

Boston and a History Borne on the Night Wind of the Past Boston and a History Borne on the Night Wind of the Past

Amid speculation about the bombing, a great city and its people are responding to tragedy with a strength that is the stuff of poetry.

Apr 16, 2013 / John Nichols

Dreams Built and Broken: On Ada Louise Huxtable

Dreams Built and Broken: On Ada Louise Huxtable Dreams Built and Broken: On Ada Louise Huxtable

How an architecture critic made New York City her touchstone for discussions of public space.

Apr 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Alexandra Lange

Sugar Rush and Stomachache: On ‘NYC 1993’

Sugar Rush and Stomachache: On ‘NYC 1993’ Sugar Rush and Stomachache: On ‘NYC 1993’

The New Museum tries to explain why the city's art scene changed in 1993.

Apr 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15

This week, Newark walks out, Arizona kneecaps its students and UNC rape survivors create a national underground network. And more!

Apr 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Why Obama’s Chained-CPI ‘Protections’ Aren’t Good Enough

Why Obama’s Chained-CPI ‘Protections’ Aren’t Good Enough Why Obama’s Chained-CPI ‘Protections’ Aren’t Good Enough

Obama proposes making bad benefit cuts slightly less bad. 

Apr 15, 2013 / George Zornick

Hello, Supply Side!

Hello, Supply Side! Hello, Supply Side!

On Tax Day, let's consider a right-wing Zombie Idea that won't die despite even being debunked in National Review: that "tax cuts pay for themselves."

Apr 15, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

OpinionNation: Immigration Activists and Experts on Their ‘Dealbreakers’ on Immigration Reform

OpinionNation: Immigration Activists and Experts on Their ‘Dealbreakers’ on Immigration Reform OpinionNation: Immigration Activists and Experts on Their ‘Dealbreakers’ on Immigration Reform

A fair path to citizenship, an end to deportations, a better temporary worker program, immigration reform that works for women—three activists and a policy expert talk about ...

Apr 15, 2013 / Sarahi Uribe, Kica Matos, Ai-jen Poo, and Janice Fine

The Enemy-Industrial Complex

The Enemy-Industrial Complex The Enemy-Industrial Complex

The US has managed to turn a post-communist, enemy-less world into a hive of imminent threat.

Apr 15, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

Congress Refuses to Allow USPS to Fix Its Budget Woes

Congress Refuses to Allow USPS to Fix Its Budget Woes Congress Refuses to Allow USPS to Fix Its Budget Woes

Why? Because the Postal Service caters primarily to the poor.

Apr 15, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

Obama’s Chained-CPI Social Security Cut Is Smart Politics… for the GOP

Obama’s Chained-CPI Social Security Cut Is Smart Politics… for the GOP Obama’s Chained-CPI Social Security Cut Is Smart Politics… for the GOP

Smart Democrats know that getting on the wrong side of the austerity debate could strike a "damning blow" to the party's 2014 prospects.

Apr 14, 2013 / John Nichols

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