Living With No Future: Iraq, Ten Years Later Living With No Future: Iraq, Ten Years Later
Conditions in Iraq, not surprisingly, bear little resemblance to the fantasyland touted by America’s recent presidents.
Mar 26, 2013 / Dahr Jamail
Tips From the Pundit Who’s Always Wrong Tips From the Pundit Who’s Always Wrong
As long as you're wrong for the right reasons, your opinion is valuable!
Mar 26, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
Ross Tuttle: The Heavy Hands Behind Stop-and-Frisk Ross Tuttle: The Heavy Hands Behind Stop-and-Frisk
In Floyd v. City of New York, stop-and-frisk is on the stand—bringing to light police dissent with the NYPD’s discriminatory policies.
Mar 25, 2013 / Press Room
What You Need to Know As Prop 8 Hits the Supreme Court What You Need to Know As Prop 8 Hits the Supreme Court
Hollingsworth v. Perry is the first gay marriage case ever argued before the Court. What’s it going to take for advocates of equality to win?
Mar 25, 2013 / Nan D. Hunter
Anthony Lewis, 1927–2013 Anthony Lewis, 1927–2013
The late New York Times columnist believed telling critical truths about your country was a higher form of patriotism.
Mar 25, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Austerity’s Cruelest Cut: Democracy Denied in Detroit Austerity’s Cruelest Cut: Democracy Denied in Detroit
Detroit voters opposed Michigan Governor Snyder 20-1, rejecting his agenda overwhelmingly. Now he has grabbed control of the city.
Mar 25, 2013 / John Nichols
Why a Democratic Majority Is Not Demographic Inevitability (Part Three: The Fungibility of Fears) Why a Democratic Majority Is Not Demographic Inevitability (Part Three: The Fungibility of Fears)
Past predictions of progressive ascendancy have foundered on new mass fears no one could have predicted—or new mass fears conservative political entrepreneurs deliberately wo...
Mar 25, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
The Aspiring Folk Hero: Why LeBron James Will Return to the Cleveland Cavaliers The Aspiring Folk Hero: Why LeBron James Will Return to the Cleveland Cavaliers
King James is hinting that he will leave the Miami Heat and return to Cleveland—a move that would be felt far beyond the sports world.
Mar 25, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Drone Warfare: Neither Cheap, nor Surgical, nor Decisive Drone Warfare: Neither Cheap, nor Surgical, nor Decisive
Since the dawn of air power, supporters have advanced fantasies that, again and again, have failed to pan out—while civilians die in often staggering numbers.
Mar 25, 2013 / William J. Astore
Homeless Vets vs. the VA: An LA Story Continues Homeless Vets vs. the VA: An LA Story Continues
The fight in LA to house homeless disabled veterans—on land donated to the government for them—has moved to the courts.
Mar 25, 2013 / Jon Wiener