Why Women Rightly Fear Failure Why Women Rightly Fear Failure
If the world demands that you work twice as hard to get half the reward, why would you handicap yourself?
Mar 18, 2014 / Bryce Covert
Republican Vaporware: Four Years Later, the GOP Still Isn’t Serious About Replacing Obamacare Republican Vaporware: Four Years Later, the GOP Still Isn’t Serious About Replacing Obamacare
Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the GOP and Obamacare.
Mar 18, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Why Women Use Birth Control Why Women Use Birth Control
A reporter interviews a young woman about her contraceptive choices.
Mar 18, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Media Isn’t Baseball: Diversity Problems in the Clubhouse Media Isn’t Baseball: Diversity Problems in the Clubhouse
The numbers for representation of women and people of color in the media don’t add up to anything good.
Mar 17, 2014 / Julia Carrie Wong
The Problem With Anti-Trafficking Dragnets The Problem With Anti-Trafficking Dragnets
A campaign to criminalize sex workers has put the City of Phoenix under the scrutiny of UN human rights authorities.
Mar 17, 2014 / Michelle Chen
How ‘Revolution’ Became an Adjective How ‘Revolution’ Became an Adjective
Over the decades, this catchall term has lost all bite and meaning.
Mar 17, 2014 / Lewis Lapham
Starving College Students and the Shredded Social Contract Starving College Students and the Shredded Social Contract
Economic desperation among college students helps explain why millenials don’t believe in small government.
Mar 17, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
Before He Goes Off Again, Paul Ryan Might Want to Study His Irish History Before He Goes Off Again, Paul Ryan Might Want to Study His Irish History
House Budget Chair gets some scholarly encouragement to consider the past before blaming today's poor for their circumstance.
Mar 17, 2014 / John Nichols
The Sochi Paralympics, Ukraine and the Olympic Truce The Sochi Paralympics, Ukraine and the Olympic Truce
Russia’s annexation of Ukraine comes amidst the Paralympics, a time when countries are supposed to abide by principles of peace.
Mar 16, 2014 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
Mayor de Blasio’s Message Problem Mayor de Blasio’s Message Problem
De Blasio has a message problem, but who’s to blame? The mayor? The media? Neither?
Mar 14, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy