The GOP’s Self-Mutilating Panic The GOP’s Self-Mutilating Panic
Recent actions and attack lines coming from Republicans show that they’re really getting desperate.
Sep 14, 2012 / Leslie Savan
What’s Missing From the Chicago Strike Debate What’s Missing From the Chicago Strike Debate
As Obama touts his education reforms and neoliberals face off with teachers, hardly anyone is talking about the real problems besetting America’s public schools.
Sep 14, 2012 / Pedro Noguera
Yes, Race Influences Opposition to Obama Yes, Race Influences Opposition to Obama
Here's something to remember: we're only forty-seven years removed from the official end of Jim Crow.
Sep 14, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie
Join Our Live Video Chat on Occupy Wall Street! Join Our Live Video Chat on Occupy Wall Street!
Join us on Tuesday, September 18, at 12 pm for a live video chat on Occupy Wall Street!
Sep 14, 2012 / The Nation
Mitt Romney’s Muslim-Baiting Backers Mitt Romney’s Muslim-Baiting Backers
The GOP candidate’s disastrous response to the incendiary “Innocence of Muslims” video should come as no surprise in light of his Islamophobic connections.
Sep 14, 2012 / Wayne Barrett
This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO) This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO)
Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West’s Poverty Tour 2.0 arrived in Virginia, and high school students had a lot to say about their own struggles with poverty.
Sep 14, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Strike Against Inequality Strike Against Inequality
A strike in the country's most segregated school district is about more than union politics.
Sep 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Christie Thompson
Why YouTube Is Wrong to Censor the Anti-Islam Video Why YouTube Is Wrong to Censor the Anti-Islam Video
The selective censorship of “Innocence of Muslims” in Libya and Egypt “reeks of paternalism.”
Sep 14, 2012 / Ari Melber
Comments of the Week: The Chicago Teachers Union Strike, Voter ID Laws and a Vagina Comments of the Week: The Chicago Teachers Union Strike, Voter ID Laws and a Vagina
Our readers sound off on the Chicago Teachers Union strike, Pennsylvania's voter ID laws and Naomi Wolf's Vagina.
Sep 14, 2012 / Sarah Arnold
Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax
The country should look to Congressman Keith Ellison, not Paul Ryan for a fiscal vision.
Sep 14, 2012 / John Nichols