Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Budget? Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Budget?
Not once has Obama’s nominee voted to reject a defense budget.
Jan 18, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Another Word For Propaganda: On ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Another Word For Propaganda: On ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Why aren’t film director Kathryn Bigelow’s claimed government sources, including employees of the CIA, in jail like Bradley Manning?
Jan 18, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Lance Armstrong Wilts in Oprah’s Glare Lance Armstrong Wilts in Oprah’s Glare
In fessing up to performance enhancing drug use, the cycling icon failed on form and content.
Jan 18, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Big Oil and Gas Back Attacks on ‘Promised Land’ Big Oil and Gas Back Attacks on ‘Promised Land’
Energy in Depth, a PR group for oil interests, is leading a campaign to discredit Matt Damon’s new film.
Jan 18, 2013 / Erika Eichelberger
A Good Matron Is Hard to Find A Good Matron Is Hard to Find
New York City’s school bus drivers and aides do a tough job where experience matters.
Jan 18, 2013 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee
This Week in Poverty: An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013? This Week in Poverty: An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013?
An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013 might help grow the movement.
Jan 18, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
The Case of Aaron Swartz The Case of Aaron Swartz
The prosecution of Aaron Swartz was about more than “hacking,” and we need to remember that.
Jan 18, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Queer Abby Queer Abby
In a nation where it’s easy to despair of suffusing reaction all around us, some had the guts to tell the heartland to be free.
Jan 18, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Inside the Grand Bargain Basement Inside the Grand Bargain Basement
Eric on the New York Winter Jazz Festival and Reed on pundits chasing grand bargains.
Jan 17, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Repeal the Hyde Amendment Repeal the Hyde Amendment
The largest obstacles to low-income women receiving abortions is the Hyde Amendment banning Medicaid funding of abortion.
Jan 17, 2013 / NationAction