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Why the Affordable Care Act Does Not Put Your Freedom At Risk Why the Affordable Care Act Does Not Put Your Freedom At Risk

Congress could impose the same mandate simply by calling it a tax instead.

Apr 4, 2012 / Aziz Huq

Moscow’s ‘Optimistic Channel’ Moscow’s ‘Optimistic Channel’

Just down the road from the Kremlin is a television station with opposition spirit. 

Apr 3, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism

The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism

Katniss Everdeen is a new kind of pop heroine. No boy-crazy shopaholic, she's a complex character on a quest of her own.

Apr 3, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Data Mining You Data Mining You

How the intelligence community is creating a new American world.

Apr 3, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt

Players Getting Played: Why a Look at the NCAA’s Past Makes Me Weep for Its Future Players Getting Played: Why a Look at the NCAA’s Past Makes Me Weep for Its Future

People optimistic about change coming to the NCAA should probably wise up.

Apr 2, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Dave Zirin: Don’t Expect Nuance From the Sports Media Dave Zirin: Don’t Expect Nuance From the Sports Media

Is it possible to have a real discussion about race in sports?

Apr 2, 2012 / Press Room

Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default

Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default

Already facing crippling debt and a rocky job market, students in default can't even get access to the grades they've already earned.

Mar 30, 2012 / Dave Lindorff

Organized Confusion: Votes Killed, Destroyed, Stressed Organized Confusion: Votes Killed, Destroyed, Stressed

Voter ID supporters rely on tricky language. Missouri didn’t fall for it.

Mar 30, 2012 / Brentin Mock

In Defense of Peter Beinart

In Defense of Peter Beinart In Defense of Peter Beinart

Beinart's The Crisis of Zionism tells a series of important truths about Israel, the occupation and the American Jewish establishment. 

Mar 30, 2012 / Dana Goldstein

Promised Lands Promised Lands

 Eric Alterman on Bruce and Reed on free speech in the media.

Mar 30, 2012 / Eric Alterman

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