Mitt’s New ‘I Care’ Message Makes a Pretty Good Case… for Obamacare Mitt’s New ‘I Care’ Message Makes a Pretty Good Case… for Obamacare
How does Romney argue that his efforts to expand healthcare in Massachusetts show “empathy” while ripping Affordable Care Act?
Sep 27, 2012 / John Nichols
It’s Over: The NFL’s Union Referees Return to Work in Style It’s Over: The NFL’s Union Referees Return to Work in Style
The collective scorn finally punctured the owners' magical mental space, bringing them to the negotiating table to settle.
Sep 27, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Bad Lessons From ‘Won’t Back Down’ Bad Lessons From ‘Won’t Back Down’
A crude and hackneyed film, Won't Back Down peddles an improbable and deceptive message about schools and poverty.
Sep 26, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Dana Goldstein
A Human Rights Court Gives Torture the Green Light A Human Rights Court Gives Torture the Green Light
In refusing to block the extradition of terror suspects to the US, the European Court for Human Rights has condoned a brutal regimen of long-term solitary confinement.
Sep 26, 2012 / Jeanne Theoharis and Saskia Sassen
Blasphemy Is Good for You Blasphemy Is Good for You
What if the right to be a jerk is where freedom begins?
Sep 26, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Tale of Two Zionisms: On Peter Beinart A Tale of Two Zionisms: On Peter Beinart
Why Israel’s purposes cannot be grasped only through the American Jewish experience.
Sep 26, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai
Dave Zirin: The NFL Ref Lockout Highlights Class Problem in the US Dave Zirin: The NFL Ref Lockout Highlights Class Problem in the US
Commissioner Roger Goodell echoes the anti-labor rhetoric of Mitt Romney and Scott Walker.
Sep 26, 2012 / Press Room
Boykinism is the New McCarthyism Boykinism is the New McCarthyism
Despite the White House’s statements against Islamophobia, their failure to fire a hatemongering lieutenant tells a different story.
Sep 25, 2012 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Where Crazy Conservative Memes Are Invented Where Crazy Conservative Memes Are Invented
The parallel universe of right-wing conspiracy e-mail smears.
Sep 25, 2012 / Ben Adler
Greg Kaufmann: ‘Some See Poverty as a Character Flaw, I See an Absence of Money’ Greg Kaufmann: ‘Some See Poverty as a Character Flaw, I See an Absence of Money’
Forty-six million Americans remain in poverty, but our presidential candidates only want to talk about the middle class.
Sep 25, 2012 / Press Room