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What Paul Ryan’s Budget Means for Women

What Paul Ryan’s Budget Means for Women What Paul Ryan’s Budget Means for Women

Short version: a huge reduction in many of the programs they rely on.

Mar 12, 2013 / Bryce Covert

Obama’s Iran Bluff

Obama’s Iran Bluff Obama’s Iran Bluff

The United States won’t invade Iran anytime soon—just look at what North Korea has gotten away with.

Mar 12, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope

Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope

When you argue that it’s impossible to stop rape, what you’re really saying is, I don’t care enough to do anything about it.

Mar 12, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

If Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Why Should You?

If Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Why Should You? If Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Why Should You?

The tax savings of 19 US companies that park their money abroad would be more than enough to cover the $85 billion sequester cuts.

Mar 12, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Native Americans Are Not Munchkins: An Open Letter to Michelle Williams

Native Americans Are Not Munchkins: An Open Letter to Michelle Williams Native Americans Are Not Munchkins: An Open Letter to Michelle Williams

For Native Americans, there's no place like home—especially when offensive imagery and racist policies threaten to take it away. 

Mar 12, 2013 / Aura Bogado

Paul Ryan’s Bumper-Sticker-Slogan Budget

Paul Ryan’s Bumper-Sticker-Slogan Budget Paul Ryan’s Bumper-Sticker-Slogan Budget

The Budget Committee chairman has produced a budget that only makes sense to the conservative base. And that’s fine by him.

Mar 12, 2013 / John Nichols

Beware the Sequestrationator!

Beware the Sequestrationator! Beware the Sequestrationator!

Can the Kenyan Marxist save America from demolecuralization? 

Mar 12, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

The Conquest of Nature, and What We’ve Lost

The Conquest of Nature, and What We’ve Lost The Conquest of Nature, and What We’ve Lost

Are our relations with the animal world going the way of the great auk?

Mar 12, 2013 / Lewis Lapham

‘Don’t Frack My Mother’ ‘Don’t Frack My Mother’

One of the hippest and most amusing videos you’ll watch this year might also be the most important.

Mar 11, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

The Threat of an Imperial Presidency

The Threat of an Imperial Presidency The Threat of an Imperial Presidency

It's time to curtail the executive branch’s war-making powers—before it’s too late.

Mar 11, 2013 / Tom Hayden

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