Beyond ‘Bulworth’: Obama’s Manchurian Moment Beyond ‘Bulworth’: Obama’s Manchurian Moment
What other films have inspired the Obama presidency?
May 21, 2013 / Steve Brodner
Going Bulworth Going Bulworth
In the film Bulworth, a senator up for re-election starts calling it like it is. Mired in a second-term funk, why doesn’t Obama do the same?
May 21, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The First Couple’s Post-Racial Bootstraps Myth The First Couple’s Post-Racial Bootstraps Myth
Michelle and Barack Obama’s troubling advice to black graduates includes some seriously worn-out stereotypes.
May 21, 2013 / Aura Bogado
How to Help in Oklahoma How to Help in Oklahoma
As is always the case, it’s the poor who are bearing the brunt of the catastrophe.
May 21, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
Assad Makes Crucial Gains As US-Russia Peace Conference Teeters Assad Makes Crucial Gains As US-Russia Peace Conference Teeters
Toppling Assad, it turns out, isn’t so easy.
May 21, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
This May Hurt… So Just Ignore It This May Hurt… So Just Ignore It
Being malcontent never made anyone happy.
May 21, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
‘Our Liberty Cannot Be Guarded but by the Freedom of the Press’ ‘Our Liberty Cannot Be Guarded but by the Freedom of the Press’
Libertarian Republicans and progressive Democrats are moving to restore privacy rights in light of revelations of Department of Justice threats to press freedom.
May 21, 2013 / John Nichols
Hundreds of Non-Union Workers With Taxpayer-Supported Jobs Plan to Strike Today Hundreds of Non-Union Workers With Taxpayer-Supported Jobs Plan to Strike Today
A new study says nearly 2 million workers with taxpayer-supported jobs make $12 per hour or less.
May 21, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
How to Make Voting Easier How to Make Voting Easier
On the twentieth anniversary of the National Voter Registration Act, voting rights are under attack
May 20, 2013 / Ari Berman
The Obamas Need to Help Fix the Fashion Industry: Here’s How The Obamas Need to Help Fix the Fashion Industry: Here’s How
Obama and the fashion icon first lady should pick up where the presidential task force on the apparel industry left off fifteen years ago.
May 20, 2013 / Elizabeth Cline