The Austerity Agenda: An Electoral Loser The Austerity Agenda: An Electoral Loser
Candidates who ran on slashing Medicare and Social Security lost big in November. But that doesn’t stop Pete Peterson from pushing the fantasy that voters’ biggest conc...
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / John Nichols
Pete Peterson’s Long History of Deficit Scaremongering Pete Peterson’s Long History of Deficit Scaremongering
The man behind Fix the Debt has spent decades trying to foment panic over a looming economic disaster, with little to show for it.
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Lisa Graves
Five Things to Know About Immigration and Enforcement Five Things to Know About Immigration and Enforcement
Keep these facts in mind the next time you read anything about immigration.
Feb 20, 2013 / Aura Bogado
More Than Ever, We Need the UN More Than Ever, We Need the UN
An interview with UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson.
Feb 20, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pete Peterson’s Puppet Populists Pete Peterson’s Puppet Populists
The “Fix the Debt” campaign is pure astroturf: corporate cash machinery masquerading as a grassroots uprising.
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Mary Bottari
Fix the Debt’s Fuzzy Math Fix the Debt’s Fuzzy Math
Dire warnings about the deficit don’t add up mathematically. But then, Fix the Debt is not really about the economy, it’s about gutting Medicare, Social Security and ot...
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Dean Baker
University Presidents—Speak Out! University Presidents—Speak Out!
Where are their voices on the major issues of the day?
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Scott Sherman
Death Row Prisoner Larry Swearingen May Be Innocent. Do Texas Courts Care? Death Row Prisoner Larry Swearingen May Be Innocent. Do Texas Courts Care?
Swearingen has faced execution four times for a crime scientists say he could not have committed.
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Jordan Smith
A Night at the Oscars for Israel-Palestine A Night at the Oscars for Israel-Palestine
Two brilliant nominees, The Gatekeepers and 5 Broken Cameras, along with other recent documentaries, have deepened our understanding of the conflict.
Feb 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Roane Carey
Scenes From a Bahraini Burial Scenes From a Bahraini Burial
Two years after the uprising in Bahrain began, protesters are still dying in the streets as the rest of the world looks the other way.
Feb 20, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous