The Tea Party Freedom Fighters The Tea Party Freedom Fighters
Standing up for your right to be denied health coverage.
Oct 1, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
The End of Abortion Funding Restrictions? The End of Abortion Funding Restrictions?
Thirty-seven years after Congress first ended Medicaid funding of abortion, a new coalition of abortion rights and reproductive justice groups is poised to fight back.
Sep 30, 2013 / Stephanie Poggi
Government Shutdown Will Hit Federal Workers, Poor Americans Government Shutdown Will Hit Federal Workers, Poor Americans
About 800,000 federal employees will be furloughed, with no guarantee of retroactive pay.
Sep 30, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Three): On Shutting Down Government Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Three): On Shutting Down Government
It shouldn’t be surprising that conservatives who conceptualize politics as war, and an activist state as Satan, would be willing to shut down the federal government.
Sep 30, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Hollywood, Hitler and Harvard Hollywood, Hitler and Harvard
A leading critic has called on a leading publisher to withdraw and reissue a new book.
Sep 30, 2013 / Jon Wiener
Stop Congress From Rewarding Israeli Discrimination Stop Congress From Rewarding Israeli Discrimination
It’s considering a bill that would estrange millions of Palestinian-Americans from their families and their illegally occupied homeland.
Sep 30, 2013 / Anna Lekas Miller
Rejoice With Caution: Golden Dawn Under Arrest Rejoice With Caution: Golden Dawn Under Arrest
The Greek government cracks down at last on the neo-Nazi group, which had become more threatening than useful.
Sep 30, 2013 / Maria Margaronis
Justice Department Is Challenging North Carolina’s Extreme Voter Suppression Law Justice Department Is Challenging North Carolina’s Extreme Voter Suppression Law
The new North Carolina voting law has a discriminatory effect and intent, the federal government argues
Sep 30, 2013 / Ari Berman
GOP Temper Tantrum GOP Temper Tantrum
Anti-choice Republicans are using the threat of a government shutdown to—surprise, surprise—renew their attacks on women.
Sep 30, 2013 / Ilyse Hogue
Neo-Cold Warriors Neo-Cold Warriors
The Weekly Standard's assault on my article is a quintessential example of cold-war thinking and debased discourse.
Sep 30, 2013 / Stephen F. Cohen