Lame Duck Congress Victories Lame Duck Congress Victories
The repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the passage of a landmark food safety bill and the narrow defeat of the DREAM Act all prove that organizing and educating across issues reall...
Dec 22, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
The Case of Julian Assange The Case of Julian Assange
The response to the allegations against the WikiLeaks founder prove that when it comes to rape, the left still doesn't get it.
Dec 22, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Obama in the Age of Accommodation Obama in the Age of Accommodation
When considering Obama's presidency in the long view, remember that history provides many more examples of thwarted resistance than it does of sweeping social change.
Dec 22, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
The Top Seven ‘Edge of Sports’ Moments of 2010 The Top Seven ‘Edge of Sports’ Moments of 2010
Here we have what are indubitably and without argument, the top seven collisions of sports and politics in 2010 that didn’t involve an elbow and Barack Obama’s mouth. W...
Dec 22, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
What Newark Schools Need What Newark Schools Need
Why won't Facebook philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg use his gift to build on progress already being made?
Dec 22, 2010 / Feature / Dana Goldstein
Beyond Silver Bullets for American Education Beyond Silver Bullets for American Education
The problems facing our schools demand solutions, not slogans.
Dec 22, 2010 / Feature / Pedro Noguera and Randi Weingarten
The Top Political Buzzwords of 2010 The Top Political Buzzwords of 2010
From the rise of man-up to the fall of teabagger, the political buzzwords of 2010 express the Red/Blue divide.
Dec 21, 2010 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill
Seventeen years after Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" compromise, the institutionalized closet in the military should soon be gone. With the Senate vote to repeal, ...
Dec 21, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
The Great Islamophobic Crusade The Great Islamophobic Crusade
Inside the bizarre cabal of secretive donors, demagogic bloggers, pseudo-scholars, European neo-fascists, violent Israeli settlers and Republican presidential hopefuls behind the n...
Dec 21, 2010 / Max Blumenthal
Is Obama Really the New Comeback Kid? Is Obama Really the New Comeback Kid?
Left for dead after the 2010 elections, Barack Obama is now the media's new comeback kid. But let's wait and see what that "comeback" actually entails.
Dec 21, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Berman