Comforting the Comfortable, Afflicting the Afflicted Comforting the Comfortable, Afflicting the Afflicted
A small-bore, context-free, artificially balanced press corps only serves the interests of the powerful.
Jan 4, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Winners and Losers in Washington’s Debt Deal Winners and Losers in Washington’s Debt Deal
What really happened on Capitol Hill this week, and a look ahead to the budget battles on the horizon.
Jan 4, 2013 / The Nation
This Week in Poverty: Responses to the ‘Cliff’ Deal This Week in Poverty: Responses to the ‘Cliff’ Deal
The antipoverty community sounds off on the “fiscal cliff” deal. How did low-income Americans fare in Congress’s latest compromise?
Jan 4, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Labor Groups Pan Walmart Plan to Bring Oversight Approach Used in Bangladesh to the US Labor Groups Pan Walmart Plan to Bring Oversight Approach Used in Bangladesh to the US
A labor official says the kind of auditing Walmart wants to bring to its US warehouses “led directly to the deaths of 112 people in Bangladesh.”
Jan 4, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Making Sense of Google Street Views Making Sense of Google Street Views
Doug Rickard’s works serve an important purpose apart from commenting on inequality: they test a new understanding of what John Berger calls a “total view of reality&rd...
Jan 3, 2013 / StudentNation / Alexia Nader
South Africa’s Barriers to Abortion South Africa’s Barriers to Abortion
Seventeen years ago, as apartheid came to an end in South Africa and a democratically elected government took power, the country became an abortion rights pioneer. In 1996, the pos…
Jan 3, 2013 / Photo Essay / Jake Naughton, Jina Moore, and Estelle Ellis
The Untold History of the US: Part Three The Untold History of the US: Part Three
The third episode of the Showtime explores the birth of the American Empire by focusing on Harry Truman's presidency, his decision to inaugurate the nuclear age and unsung hero...
Jan 3, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Mess in Iraq The Mess in Iraq
Violence in Iraq is going from bad to worse, in tandem with neighboring Syria.
Jan 3, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Restore VAWA Restore VAWA
The National Task Force to End Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women is imploring the 113th Congress to restore VAWA immediately. Join the call.
Jan 3, 2013 / NationAction
Puzzling resolutions Puzzling resolutions
Some self-improvement vows for the new year
Jan 3, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto