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What a Real ‘War on Poverty’ Looks Like

What a Real ‘War on Poverty’ Looks Like What a Real ‘War on Poverty’ Looks Like

The war on poverty is too often a war on the poor themselves.

Jan 8, 2013 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Social Issues Are Economic Issues, Exhibit 1,463: Michigan’s Dual Agenda Slams Low-Income Women

Social Issues Are Economic Issues, Exhibit 1,463: Michigan’s Dual Agenda Slams Low-Income Women Social Issues Are Economic Issues, Exhibit 1,463: Michigan’s Dual Agenda Slams Low-Income Women

The state-level right-wing agenda will continue to hit poor women on all fronts.

Jan 8, 2013 / Bryce Covert

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car Always Crashing in the Same Car

Waiting for the next debt crisis.

Jan 8, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

Stephen Cohen: As Obama Starts Second Term, His Russian ‘Reset’ Is Dead

Stephen Cohen: As Obama Starts Second Term, His Russian ‘Reset’ Is Dead Stephen Cohen: As Obama Starts Second Term, His Russian ‘Reset’ Is Dead

The latest political row over the Magnitsky Act merely continues America's failure to engage with Russia under Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and now Barack Obama.

Jan 7, 2013 / Press Room

Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action

Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action

The ruling brings warehouse workers one step closer to holding Walmart directly responsible for alleged retaliation and wage theft.

Jan 7, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

Obama Versus Physics Obama Versus Physics

Why climate change won’t wait for the president.

Jan 7, 2013 / Bill McKibben

When the Great Judgment Call Came, Hagel Handed Bush a Blank Check

When the Great Judgment Call Came, Hagel Handed Bush a Blank Check When the Great Judgment Call Came, Hagel Handed Bush a Blank Check

Arguments will be made for Obama’s Defense pick. But Hagel’s vote to authorize Bush and Cheney to attack Iraq should raise eyebrows—and questions.

Jan 7, 2013 / John Nichols

Notre Dame and Penn State: Two Rape Scandals, Only One Cry for Justice

Notre Dame and Penn State: Two Rape Scandals, Only One Cry for Justice Notre Dame and Penn State: Two Rape Scandals, Only One Cry for Justice

How do we begin to explain the exponentially different levels of attention paid to crimes of violence and power at Penn State and Notre Dame?

Jan 7, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Why I Am A Liberal

Why I Am A Liberal Why I Am A Liberal

It is liberals who have been at the forefront of struggles for freedom and liberty.

Jan 7, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Lyric Nation: Three Poems by Joseph Ceravolo

Lyric Nation: Three Poems by Joseph Ceravolo Lyric Nation: Three Poems by Joseph Ceravolo

"Indian Song," "Untitled," "Hidden Bird"

Jan 7, 2013 / Jordan Davis

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