The Horror in Arizona The Horror in Arizona
The attack on Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson was an assault on democracy.
Jan 11, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Addicted to Numbers Addicted to Numbers
Misleading narratives about the Afghan opium trade have led to counterproductive eradication strategies.
Jan 11, 2011 / Paul Fishstein and David Mansfield
Arizona Faces ‘Lethal Combination’ of Guns and Hate Speech Arizona Faces ‘Lethal Combination’ of Guns and Hate Speech
Jeff Biggers appears on Democracy Now! to talk about the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Giffords in Arizona, what it was like to grow up in a "gun state,"&...
Jan 11, 2011 / Press Room
In the Wake of the Tragedy in Arizona: An Open Letter to My Students In the Wake of the Tragedy in Arizona: An Open Letter to My Students
Saturday's shootings reminded me that a democratic republic requires much more sacrifice than I had allowed myself to remember when I have advised you to run for public office.
Jan 10, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Arizona Faces ‘Lethal Combination’ of Guns and Hate Speech Arizona Faces ‘Lethal Combination’ of Guns and Hate Speech
Jeff Biggers appears on Democracy Now! to talk about the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Giffords in Arizona, what it was like to grow up in a "gun state,"&nb...
Jan 10, 2011 / Democracy Now!
Naomi Wolf: Wrong Again on Rape Naomi Wolf: Wrong Again on Rape
Watch out for people who want to make life harder for real-life women on the grounds that it’ll help "women."
Jan 10, 2011 / Katha Pollitt
Killing the ‘Killing’ Words Killing the ‘Killing’ Words
After the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, will the Republicans rename their "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act"?
Jan 10, 2011 / Leslie Savan
It’s Not a Game: Sarah Palin and the Madness of March It’s Not a Game: Sarah Palin and the Madness of March
Last March, Sarah Palin unleashed a sports-infused tirade that shows more than a lack of basketball acumen: it shows a comfort in the language of violence that should disquali...
Jan 10, 2011 / Dave Zirin
The Inherent Self-Destruction of Government-vs.-the People Ideology The Inherent Self-Destruction of Government-vs.-the People Ideology
The violence in Arizona is about more than Sarah Palin's semantics. It's an indictment of decades' worth of right-wing enemy-in-our-midst politics and governance.
Jan 10, 2011 / Kai Wright
Palin Put a Gun Target on Giffords’s District; Now a Colleague Says: ‘Palin Needs to Look at Her Own Behavior’ Palin Put a Gun Target on Giffords’s District; Now a Colleague Says: ‘Palin Needs to Look at Her Own Behavior’
The tragedy in Arizona has sparked an overdue dialogue about how to maintain robust debate in a civil society.
Jan 9, 2011 / John Nichols