Can Chris Christie Change the Gun Control Debate? Can Chris Christie Change the Gun Control Debate?
A series of gun bills are sitting on the desk of the New Jersey governor, who likes to project a law-and-order image, but who is ever-mindful of national Republican politics as he ...
Aug 7, 2013 / George Zornick
ALEC’s Illegal Past? ALEC’s Illegal Past?
Unsurprisingly, the modern American Legislative Exchange Council was born in sin—with a sketchy tax dodge designed to let it front as a “non-political” organizati...
Aug 7, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Reminiscing About ‘The Washington Post’ Reminiscing About ‘The Washington Post’
In the wake of the news that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post, William Greider looks back on the paper’s glory days.
Aug 7, 2013 / William Greider
The US, Russia and Avoiding a New Cold War The US, Russia and Avoiding a New Cold War
Get over it, Mr. Obama, and go to Moscow.
Aug 7, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Unions and Environmentalists: A Match Made with Difficulty Unions and Environmentalists: A Match Made with Difficulty
How labor and environmentalists in California are finding common cause.
Aug 7, 2013 / Madeline Ostrander
Congress Misses an Opportunity to Reverse Sequester Cuts to Housing Congress Misses an Opportunity to Reverse Sequester Cuts to Housing
A Senate attempt to restore sequester cuts to low-income housing fails—housing assistance trend continues to go from bad to worse.
Aug 7, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Veto Decision Looms for DC Retail Living Wage Bill Veto Decision Looms for DC Retail Living Wage Bill
The bill, requiring hourly compensation of $12.50, is a high-profile challenge to Walmart’s business model.
Aug 7, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Democracy Disenfranchised: Detroit’s Next Mayor Won’t Be Allowed to Govern Democracy Disenfranchised: Detroit’s Next Mayor Won’t Be Allowed to Govern
Michigan’s Republican governor has seized control of Detroit—and there’s a lot more at stake than one city’s balance sheet.
Aug 7, 2013 / John Nichols
A Debt-Free College Education A Debt-Free College Education
Many students leave school far worse than they arrived: saddled with loans, but with no degree to help them land a job and pay off the debt.
Aug 6, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jeff Bezos’s Other Endeavor: Charter Schools, Neoliberal Education Reforms Jeff Bezos’s Other Endeavor: Charter Schools, Neoliberal Education Reforms
Will Bezos’s interest in changing education policy affect his control of the Post?
Aug 6, 2013 / Lee Fang