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How Barack Obama Finally Earned That Peace Prize

How Barack Obama Finally Earned That Peace Prize How Barack Obama Finally Earned That Peace Prize

With a historic deal in Iran, the Obama administration is one step closer to fulfilling its peacekeeping promise.

Nov 26, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Redskins Owner Dan Snyder Says ‘Some of My Best Friends Are Navajo Code Talkers!’

Redskins Owner Dan Snyder Says ‘Some of My Best Friends Are Navajo Code Talkers!’ Redskins Owner Dan Snyder Says ‘Some of My Best Friends Are Navajo Code Talkers!’

Last night was a shameful display by Dan Snyder to hide behind World War II veterans and excuse the fact that he won’t change his own team’s racist name.

Nov 26, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Why Women Workers Are Risk-Averse—and That’s Okay

Why Women Workers Are Risk-Averse—and That’s Okay Why Women Workers Are Risk-Averse—and That’s Okay

Society gives women little room to make mistakes, but their aversion to risk taking may pay off for companies’ bottom lines.

Nov 26, 2013 / Bryce Covert

How Wall Street Has Turned Housing Into a Dangerous Get-Rich-Quick Scheme—Again

How Wall Street Has Turned Housing Into a Dangerous Get-Rich-Quick Scheme—Again How Wall Street Has Turned Housing Into a Dangerous Get-Rich-Quick Scheme—Again

This time it’s securities bundled from rentals, rather than mortgages.

Nov 26, 2013 / Laura Gottesdiener

Don’t Be Fooled: Scott Walker Is No Reformer

Don’t Be Fooled: Scott Walker Is No Reformer Don’t Be Fooled: Scott Walker Is No Reformer

Despite all the spin about his “reform-minded” independence, the 2016 contender is a entirely predictable political careerist.

Nov 26, 2013 / John Nichols

New York Airport Workers Organize to End Two-Tier Wage System

New York Airport Workers Organize to End Two-Tier Wage System New York Airport Workers Organize to End Two-Tier Wage System

Passenger service workers earn significantly lower wages than the largely unionized airline employees with whom they work. Now they’re organizing to change that.

Nov 26, 2013 / Allegra Kirkland

Without Respite

Without Respite Without Respite

Seeing not a person but a thing was the crime of crimes for Primo Levi.

Nov 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Debtpop

Debtpop Debtpop

Thinking about debt has become pop, and David Graeber’s Debt is the genre’s “Stairway to Heaven.”

Nov 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Monumental, Imperial

Monumental, Imperial Monumental, Imperial

The beauty and muchness of Ai Weiwei’s art is often underwhelming.

Nov 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Other Roles

Other Roles Other Roles

Auntie man? Black writer? Negress? In The Women, Hilton Als is Hilton Als.

Nov 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

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