A Democrat-Sponsored Tax Cut Calls the GOP’s Anti-Poverty Bluff A Democrat-Sponsored Tax Cut Calls the GOP’s Anti-Poverty Bluff
A proposal to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit will test Republicans' professed support for the program.
Mar 26, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Can Western Corporations Be Held Accountable for Deaths in Factories Halfway Around the World? Can Western Corporations Be Held Accountable for Deaths in Factories Halfway Around the World?
Protecting workers from injury is one thing; empowering them to resist oppression is quite another.
Mar 26, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Why Are Students Protesting Wendy’s and Publix? Why Are Students Protesting Wendy’s and Publix?
The indefatigable Coalition of Immokalee Workers recently wrapped up its ten-day, ten-city tour aimed at the remaining holdouts to the Fair Food Program.
Mar 26, 2014 / Peter Rothberg
What DC Democrats Don’t Get About Populism What DC Democrats Don’t Get About Populism
Washington can’t quite understand a South Dakota Democrat’s energetic, anti-big money Senate campaign.
Mar 26, 2014 / John Nichols
About That Open Letter Dan Snyder Just Sent to ‘Redskins Nation’ About That Open Letter Dan Snyder Just Sent to ‘Redskins Nation’
Dan Snyder’s latest open letter about why he is not changing the name of his football team and his new foundation for Native Americans beggars belief.
Mar 26, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Corporate Religious Freedom Means Freedom to Discriminate Corporate Religious Freedom Means Freedom to Discriminate
If the Supreme Court rules that corporations have the right to free exercise of religion in the Hobby Lobby case, what happens to civil rights law?
Mar 25, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
Why Is a Congressional Hearing on Natural Gas Being Organized by Former Natural Gas Lobbyists? Why Is a Congressional Hearing on Natural Gas Being Organized by Former Natural Gas Lobbyists?
They're using the Ukraine crisis to push for expedited approval of US natural gas exports.
Mar 25, 2014 / Lee Fang
The ‘Single Largest Environmental Health Risk’ Is Causing 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide The ‘Single Largest Environmental Health Risk’ Is Causing 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide
New estimates from the World Health Organization confirm that air pollution is the single greatest environmental risk.
Mar 25, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
‘The Latest in Expert Speculation’: CNN and the Phenomenology of Breaking News ‘The Latest in Expert Speculation’: CNN and the Phenomenology of Breaking News
Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the media’s coverage of the missing Malaysia Air Flight 370.
Mar 25, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
How The GOP Is Keeping Millions From Getting Healthcare How The GOP Is Keeping Millions From Getting Healthcare
The real cost of Republican cruelty cannot be measured in dollars and cents, but in people’s lives.
Mar 25, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel