Bill de Blasio Hits Back at Joe Lhota’s ‘Commie’ Charge Bill de Blasio Hits Back at Joe Lhota’s ‘Commie’ Charge
Two blasts from the past in NYC mayor’s race, but media see only one explosion.
Oct 1, 2013 / Leslie Savan
The Forgotten War The Forgotten War
Twelve years in Afghanistan down the memory hole.
Oct 1, 2013 / Ann Jones
Sorry, Putin and Kucinich: Assad Did It Sorry, Putin and Kucinich: Assad Did It
It doesn’t justify a unilateral US attack, but the Syrian government did indeed use poison gas.
Oct 1, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn’t Profit Off Indigent Families Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn’t Profit Off Indigent Families
Prison phone companies like Global Tel* Link get away with charging prisoners exorbitant rates just to keep in touch with their families. Tell the Federal Communications Commission...
Oct 1, 2013 / NationAction
American Exceptionalism, According to Oliver Stone American Exceptionalism, According to Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States will be rereleased this month on DVD; it tells a different story than the school textbooks we're used to.
Oct 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Government Leakers Who Truly Endanger America Will Never Face Prosecution The Government Leakers Who Truly Endanger America Will Never Face Prosecution
Officials leak secrets to advance careers or justify wars and weapons programs, but Edward Snowden’s the criminal?
Oct 1, 2013 / Robert Scheer
United States and Russia Reach Agreement on Syrian Disarmament United States and Russia Reach Agreement on Syrian Disarmament
In arriving at a unanimous agreement on a resolution to disarm Syria of its chemical weapons, the Security Council has proved that the UN still matters.
Oct 1, 2013 / Barbara Crossette
Federal Workers Nationwide Protest Government Shutdown Federal Workers Nationwide Protest Government Shutdown
Federal workers all across the country are protesting the government’s shutdown.
Oct 1, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business
Meet the corporations who are profiting off our prison system.
Oct 1, 2013 / Liliana Segura
America Gets Primaried America Gets Primaried
The government shutdown is all about electoral politics—particularly the gerrymandering of Republican districts and primaries that make compromise impossible.
Oct 1, 2013 / John Nichols