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If We’re So Strapped, Why Don’t We Move Abroad?

If We’re So Strapped, Why Don’t We Move Abroad? If We’re So Strapped, Why Don’t We Move Abroad?

It may be a screwed-up country, but it’s ours.

Feb 12, 2013 / Nona Willis Aronowitz

Lincoln’s Birthday Special: Management Advice From Honest Abe

Lincoln’s Birthday Special: Management Advice From Honest Abe Lincoln’s Birthday Special: Management Advice From Honest Abe

What business leaders can learn from Lincoln—and what they can’t.

Feb 12, 2013 / Jon Wiener

In Reversal, the NRA Embraces States’ Rights In Reversal, the NRA Embraces States’ Rights

Opponents of gun control spent the last twenty years undermining local approaches to gun policy.

Feb 11, 2013 / Sam Kleiner

Nothing New Under the Wingnut Sun: ‘Textbook Wars’

Nothing New Under the Wingnut Sun: ‘Textbook Wars’ Nothing New Under the Wingnut Sun: ‘Textbook Wars’

When conservatives challenge curricula like they did last week in Fairfax County, Virginia, they reveal fundamental tensions in liberal education that aren’t going away.

Feb 11, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

The Sloppy GOP Plan to Stop Lew

The Sloppy GOP Plan to Stop Lew The Sloppy GOP Plan to Stop Lew

Republicans are clutching at straws as they search for reasons to oppose Obama's nominee.

Feb 11, 2013 / George Zornick

John Nichols: Austerity Will Not Save Us

John Nichols: Austerity Will Not Save Us John Nichols: Austerity Will Not Save Us

What’s next for the Democratic Party? Nation writer John Nichols appears on The Ed Show to forecast upcoming legislative battles.

Feb 11, 2013 / Press Room

What’s Next for the Dreamers?

What’s Next for the Dreamers? What’s Next for the Dreamers?

Will Obama’s new immigration reform agenda lead to real changes for the millions of immigrants living in legal limbo?

Feb 11, 2013 / Tom Hayden

Redskins: The Clock Is Now Ticking on Changing the Name

Redskins: The Clock Is Now Ticking on Changing the Name Redskins: The Clock Is Now Ticking on Changing the Name

A recent symposium at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian showed how the pressure is rising to change the name.

Feb 11, 2013 / Dave Zirin

President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And …

President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And … President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And …

The president should condemn violence at home, and hold himself accountable for violence abroad, as well. 

Feb 8, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith

On ‘The Following’, and Violence in American Pop Culture

On ‘The Following’, and Violence in American Pop Culture On ‘The Following’, and Violence in American Pop Culture

We might not be inspired to commit violence by shows like The Following, but we are encouraged to ignore how violence is actually committed in America.

Feb 8, 2013 / Michelle Dean

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