President Obama: Pardon Weldon Angelos President Obama: Pardon Weldon Angelos
The story of Weldon Angelos speaks volumes about the unfairness of mandatory minimum sentencing.
Jan 10, 2013 / NationAction
Warren to AIG: You’re on Notice Warren to AIG: You’re on Notice
The new senator from Massachusetts has the savvy and guts to take on big (and ungrateful) finance.
Jan 10, 2013 / William Greider
Virginia Governor Says Restore Voting Rights for Nonviolent Felon Offenders Virginia Governor Says Restore Voting Rights for Nonviolent Felon Offenders
Governor Bob McDonnell throws his support behind two GOP-sponsored bills to automatically restore some felons’ rights.
Jan 10, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch
The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Epic Fail The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Epic Fail
The decision to elect no one to the baseball Hall of Fame class of 2013 will go down in infamy.
Jan 10, 2013 / Dave Zirin
A Talk With Richard Maltby A Talk With Richard Maltby
Repunctuation of a clue is the key to its solution.
Jan 10, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
A New Tactic in the Fight Against Corporate Money in Politics A New Tactic in the Fight Against Corporate Money in Politics
On behalf of the state retirement fund, the New York comptroller is suing a tech company to provide info about its political donations, setting an important precedent in the Citize...
Jan 10, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Executive Actions Should Obama Hand Down? What Executive Actions Should Obama Hand Down?
In this era of Congressional intransigence, Obama should be encouraged to exercise his constitutionally mandated authority when it comes to a wide range of needed changes. What exe...
Jan 10, 2013 / The Nation
How ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Brought Back the Bush Administration How ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Brought Back the Bush Administration
The film is a seven-pronged attempt to making US torture and detention policies once again palatable.
Jan 10, 2013 / Karen J. Greenberg
Twelve Questions Progressives Should Ask Jack Lew Twelve Questions Progressives Should Ask Jack Lew
Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary has spent the better part of four decades going back and forth through the revolving door from Washington to Wall Street. Which si...
Jan 10, 2013 / John Nichols
Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005 Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005
Representatives Waxman and Cummings say the documents appear to contradict Walmart’s story about the widening scandal.
Jan 10, 2013 / Josh Eidelson