What We Talk About When We Talk About Lena Dunham What We Talk About When We Talk About Lena Dunham
Why does Lena Dunham really inspire so much charged debate?
Oct 9, 2012 / Michelle Dean
Why We Should All Care About the Walmart Strikers Why We Should All Care About the Walmart Strikers
As low-wage retail jobs take over our economy, this strike will tell us whether workers can improve them.
Oct 9, 2012 / Bryce Covert
Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home
Occupy Our Homes ATL is forging an unlikely partnership in an effort to stop foreclosures.
Oct 9, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Should Journalists Use ‘Illegal Immigrant?’ Should Journalists Use ‘Illegal Immigrant?’
Language matters, but to what extent does it affect political progress?
Oct 9, 2012 / Chris Hayes
Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview
The GOP candidate’s necon foreign policy would move America backwards.
Oct 9, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
More NAFTA Anyone? Romney Positions as Free-Trade ‘Champion’ More NAFTA Anyone? Romney Positions as Free-Trade ‘Champion’
The GOP nominee is all-in for low-road trade policies that cut wages and benefits in the US and abroad.
Oct 9, 2012 / John Nichols
Last Day to Register Last Day to Register
Today is the last day to register to vote in November’s elections in seventeen states including key swing states Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Oct 9, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Disaster on Autopilot Disaster on Autopilot
U.S military might is failing in a world without major enemies.
Oct 9, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Nevada Disenfranchises Its Poor Electorate Nevada Disenfranchises Its Poor Electorate
Despite a federal obligation to do so, the swing state’s public service agencies are accused of not providing their clients with voter registration forms.
Oct 9, 2012 / Aura Bogado, Kate Sedinger, and Voting Rights Watch
The Chiefs’ Eric Winston Goes Off on Fans Who Cheered an Injury The Chiefs’ Eric Winston Goes Off on Fans Who Cheered an Injury
The KC Chiefs offensive lineman says to fans, “We’re not gladiators. This is not the Roman Coliseum.”
Oct 9, 2012 / Dave Zirin