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New York’s Black Sites

New York’s Black Sites New York’s Black Sites

As states like Mississippi reject solitary confinement, this “blue” state leads the nation in the use of “disciplinary segregation.” Or as prisoners call it...

Jul 11, 2012 / Feature / Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

Today’s Social Justice Heroes Today’s Social Justice Heroes

Let’s celebrate a new generation of activists who challenge the powerful and mobilize the masses.

Jul 11, 2012 / Feature / Peter Dreier

Woody at 100 Woody at 100

Woody Guthrie's influence was as profoundly felt as any musician in US, and perhaps world, history.

Jul 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg

We Hate It ‘Cause It’s His: A Republican Sea Chantey We Hate It ‘Cause It’s His: A Republican Sea Chantey

“[The individual mandate had] been at the heart of Republican health-care reforms for two decades. The mandate made its political début in a 1989 Heritage Foundation brief titled ‘Assuring Affordable Health Care for All Americans,’ as a counterpoint to the single-payer system and the employer mandate, which were favored in Democratic circles…. The mandate made its first legislative appearance in 1993, in the Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act—the Republicans’ alternative to President Clinton’s health- reform bill.”          —Ezra Klein, The New Yorker   Oh, why do we so loathe this thing? We used to love it so. We used to say, “For health reform This is the way to go.” We said it was free enterprise (And we explained just how). If this was our idea back then, How could we hate it now?   We hate it ’cause it’s his, lads. We hate it ’cause it’s his. We hate it ’cause it’s his, lads. That’s what our hatred is. You needn’t be a whiz, lads, to ace this simple quiz. We hate it ’cause it’s his, lads. We hate it ’cause it’s his.   If Mitt’s plan was the model here, What caused this great upheaval? If Mitt’s makes sense, then why is this Just socialistic evil? If this approach once seemed so good That all of us were for it, How come it is so wicked now That all of us abhor it?   We hate it ’cause it’s his, lads. We hate it ’cause it’s his. We hate it ’cause it’s his, lads. That’s what our hatred is. You needn’t be a whiz, lads, to ace this simple quiz. We hate it ’cause it’s his, lads. We hate it ’cause it’s his.

Jul 11, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Barclays and the Limits of Financial Reform Barclays and the Limits of Financial Reform

Those demanding change in response to the Libor scandal forget how deeply the corruption is rooted.

Jul 11, 2012 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Obamacare(s) for Women

Obamacare(s) for Women Obamacare(s) for Women

The Affordable Care Act extends coverage to almost 14 million women. Ladies, give the president a hand.

Jul 11, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Democrats Think the Tables Are Turning on the ACA, and Some Predict a Public Option Democrats Think the Tables Are Turning on the ACA, and Some Predict a Public Option

As the House votes to repeal “Obamacare,” Democrats think the misinformation effort is losing steam. 

Jul 11, 2012 / George Zornick

Robert Reich: What’s at Stake in the November Elections?

Robert Reich: What’s at Stake in the November Elections? Robert Reich: What’s at Stake in the November Elections?

Romney and the "Regressives" want to pull America back to the inequalities of the nineteenth century.

Jul 11, 2012 / Robert B. Reich

Romney Spins Economic Lies to the NAACP Romney Spins Economic Lies to the NAACP

Mitt takes one from the Bush playbook, pretending to care about poor urban children, while promising to cut programs they depend on, like Medicaid.

Jul 11, 2012 / Ben Adler

Romney’s Chilly Reception at the NAACP

Romney’s Chilly Reception at the NAACP Romney’s Chilly Reception at the NAACP

Romney vowed to repeal Obamacare and failed to denounce the GOP’s effort to suppress the African-American vote during his speech.

Jul 11, 2012 / Ari Berman

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