99%er Champions 99%er Champions
Change takes movements on the outside and champions on the inside. This is the time to be recruiting candidates who share the convictions of the 99 percent.
Dec 14, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Comments of the Week: December 9, 2011 Comments of the Week: December 9, 2011
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 peop...
Dec 14, 2011 / Sarah Arnold
Can Paul Ryan—and His Agenda—Be Beat? It’s Possible Can Paul Ryan—and His Agenda—Be Beat? It’s Possible
A new poll suggests that the pointman for the Republican assault on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid could lose.
Dec 14, 2011 / John Nichols
PICTURES: Mitt Romney Releases Adorable Christmas Card of Entire Family PICTURES: Mitt Romney Releases Adorable Christmas Card of Entire Family
You knew his family was picturesque.
Dec 14, 2011 / Ari Melber
Racism 101: Criminal Charges Considered After College Hoops Brawl Racism 101: Criminal Charges Considered After College Hoops Brawl
A terrible on-court brawl between Xavier and Cincinnati could be made worse as a grandstanding prosecutor could be bringing criminal charges.
Dec 14, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Depression and Autocracy From Merkel to Michigan Depression and Autocracy From Merkel to Michigan
Governments are suspending the basic rules of democracy on both sides of the Atlantic in the name of emergency financial management.
Dec 14, 2011 / Laura Flanders
All-American Shame: A Wake-Up Call From This Week in TV All-American Shame: A Wake-Up Call From This Week in TV
What we need to combat anti-Muslim bias is exactly what All-American Muslim is doing—exposing non-Muslims to the utterly normal lives of our Muslim neighbors.
Dec 13, 2011 / Ilyse Hogue
Their Bread, Our Circus: How to Turn an Election Year Into Election Life Their Bread, Our Circus: How to Turn an Election Year Into Election Life
The electoral process has been occupied by the 1 percent—which means that what you hear in this “campaign” is largely refracted versions of their views, their nee...
Dec 13, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Making Repression Our Business: The Pentagon’s Secret Training Missions in the Middle East Making Repression Our Business: The Pentagon’s Secret Training Missions in the Middle East
An investigation by TomDispatch reveals the outlines of a secretive training program in the Middle East that is funded by Pentagon, and wholly at odds with Washington&rsq...
Dec 13, 2011 / Nick Turse
Whites See Racial Progress, While Blacks See Inequality Whites See Racial Progress, While Blacks See Inequality
A new survey shows the wide perceptual gap in racial progress between whites and blacks.
Dec 13, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie