Climate Change Could Kill 150,000 Americans This Century Climate Change Could Kill 150,000 Americans This Century
A sobering new report details how extreme heat will take a serious toll on humans this century if climate change isn’t slowed.
May 24, 2012 / George Zornick
Do the Bain Hustle Do the Bain Hustle
President Obama is to be applauded for questioning Mitt Romney’s legacy, although his motives seem to be as opportunistic as those of Romney’s primary race opponents.
May 24, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Global Protests Against Draconian Education Cuts, Tuition Hikes Global Protests Against Draconian Education Cuts, Tuition Hikes
Protests in Philadelphia and Quebec against education cuts and tuition hikes underscore the common struggle against austerity.
May 24, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act
Jurisdictions that repeatedly violated voting rights during the Jim Crow era now want to get rid of federal scrutiny. They’re not ready.
May 24, 2012 / Brentin Mock
How to Forget on Memorial Day How to Forget on Memorial Day
Whistling past the graveyard of empires.
May 24, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Romney Proposes Return to Bush Education Policy Romney Proposes Return to Bush Education Policy
Education reform is back in fashion, but the Tea Party won’t be pleased.
May 24, 2012 / Ben Adler
Orlando Figes and Stalin’s Victims Orlando Figes and Stalin’s Victims
A book by the famous British historian was not published in Russia because the Moscow publisher discovered too many errors and misrepresentations—not, as Figes suggested, for...
May 23, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Reddaway and Stephen F. Cohen
Torie Osborn Takes On Sacramento Torie Osborn Takes On Sacramento
The veteran LGBT activist is fighting for an Assembly seat in California, but she faces tough opposition from a current representative who moved into her district and who is backed...
May 23, 2012 / Tom Hayden
Chicago Teachers Turn Up the Heat on Rahm Emanuel (VIDEO) Chicago Teachers Turn Up the Heat on Rahm Emanuel (VIDEO)
Don’t take your eyes of Chicago yet. The NATO protests may be over, but city politics are heating up.
May 23, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Gar Alperovitz: Democratizing Ownership in America Gar Alperovitz: Democratizing Ownership in America
What options does a country have when its political system cannot handle its economic system?
May 23, 2012 / Press Room