The Budget Deal We Deserve The Budget Deal We Deserve
The Congressional Progressive Caucus is standing up to austerity hawks, promoting a “Deal For All” that protects social spending and invests in real growth.
Nov 19, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Fight Against Fracking The Fight Against Fracking
In small hamlets and tiny towns you’ve never heard of, grassroots activists are taking a stand in what could be the final showdown for Earth’s future.
Nov 19, 2012 / Ellen Cantarow
Vulture Capitalism Ate Your Twinkies Vulture Capitalism Ate Your Twinkies
It wasn’t Hostess workers or their union that wrecked the company. It was a Bain-like private-equity company.
Nov 19, 2012 / John Nichols
A Report From Gaza Under Siege A Report From Gaza Under Siege
Israel rains death and destruction on a civilian population that cannot escape.
Nov 19, 2012 / Mohammed Omer
Prop 30 Tax Revenues to Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents Prop 30 Tax Revenues to Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents
It appears that the UC Regents leveraged the California dream to make the UC system a player in Wall Street’s casino economy. As with any casino, the game was fixed.
Nov 18, 2012 / StudentNation / Leighton Akio Woodhouse
DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement
A report from the front-lines of the climate change movement.
Nov 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia
Is Romney’s ‘Gift’ Doctrine as Bad as It Sounds? Is Romney’s ‘Gift’ Doctrine as Bad as It Sounds?
Short answer: Yes, but…
Nov 17, 2012 / Leslie Savan
This Week: Feminists for the Win. Plus: The Petraeus Legacy. This Week: Feminists for the Win. Plus: The Petraeus Legacy.
Petraeus’s legacy, Lee Atwater’s Southern strategy, and the so-called “grand bargain.”
Nov 17, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Comments of the Week: Savita Halappanavar, a Strike at Walmart and the Legacy of Lee Atwater Comments of the Week: Savita Halappanavar, a Strike at Walmart and the Legacy of Lee Atwater
Our readers on Savita Halappanavar, striking Walmart workers and the legacy of Lee Atwater.
Nov 16, 2012 / Sarah Arnold
End the War on Drugs End the War on Drugs
A good place to start in ending the so-called war on drugs is to urge Congress to end federal marijuana prohibition.
Nov 16, 2012 / NationAction