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Remembering Vaclav Havel Remembering Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel was undoubtedly one of the greatest Europeans of our generation, a man, who fully deserves the unquestionable respect both of his country and the world.

Jan 6, 2012 / Jan Kavan

A Decade of No Child Left Behind A Decade of No Child Left Behind

Assessing the landmark education legislation on its tenth anniversary.

Jan 6, 2012 / Dana Goldstein

Comments of the Week: January 2, 2012

Comments of the Week: January 2, 2012 Comments of the Week: January 2, 2012

Each week we post a run-down of the best of our reader comments with the hopes of highlighting some of your most valuable insights and encouraging more ...

Jan 6, 2012 / Sarah Arnold

Job Numbers Are Up, but Veterans Are Left Behind Job Numbers Are Up, but Veterans Are Left Behind

While the private sector is adding jobs, few of them are going to the people that fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Jan 6, 2012 / George Zornick

NFL Players Association Puts Out Statement Against Indiana’s ‘Right-to-Work’ Agenda NFL Players Association Puts Out Statement Against Indiana’s ‘Right-to-Work’ Agenda

The Super Bowl is coming to Indianapolis in a month, and the NFLPA is not being silent about the Right to Work agenda in the statehouse,

Jan 6, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Iowa and the High Cost of Low Living Iowa and the High Cost of Low Living

 Eric on winter concerts and Reed on why the Iowa caucuses are bad for journalism.

Jan 6, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Remembering Judge Robert Carter Remembering Judge Robert Carter

Carter helped to change America, and helped to change me, along with the many black and white lawyers who worked with him and whom he taught that fighting for equal rights entail...

Jan 6, 2012 / Lewis M. Steel

Huntsman: The Better Foreign Policy Alternative to Paul Huntsman: The Better Foreign Policy Alternative to Paul

Many on the left have fallen for Ron Paul’s non-interventionism. But there’s a Republican with a more responsible approach: Jon Huntsman. 

Jan 6, 2012 / Ben Adler

Melissa Harris-Perry: President Obama’s Bold Recess Appointment Melissa Harris-Perry: President Obama’s Bold Recess Appointment

President Obama gets bold in the election year.

Jan 6, 2012 / Press Room

No Ideals or Ideas From Romney, Just a ‘Well-Designed Corporate Strategy’ No Ideals or Ideas From Romney, Just a ‘Well-Designed Corporate Strategy’

The paper that knows Romney best, the Boston Globe, dismisses him as a blank slate who is “merely checking boxes on the GOP playlist.”

Jan 6, 2012 / John Nichols

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