This Week in Poverty: Time to Take On Concentrated Poverty and Education This Week in Poverty: Time to Take On Concentrated Poverty and Education
Concentrated poverty has largely been ignored by policymakers, despite the huge impact it has on student achievement.
Feb 1, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Meet Jason Rapert, the Koch-Backed Evangelical Steering Arkansas’s Radical Abortion-Restriction Effort Meet Jason Rapert, the Koch-Backed Evangelical Steering Arkansas’s Radical Abortion-Restriction Effort
Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert, chief sponsor of potentially the most restrictive anti-abortion bill in the country, has friends in high places.
Feb 1, 2013 / Lee Fang
To Magazines! To Magazines!
Newsweek is out of print and other magazines have drastically cut back, but titles like Mother Jones, The Nation and now The New Republic are carrying the ...
Jan 31, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Could New Orleans Be the Labor Movement’s Next Frontier? Could New Orleans Be the Labor Movement’s Next Frontier?
The city runs on tourism—and thousands of non-union restaurant workers.
Jan 31, 2013 / Nona Willis Aronowitz
Ten Ridiculous Questions From Chuck Hagel’s Confirmation Hearing Ten Ridiculous Questions From Chuck Hagel’s Confirmation Hearing
We just witnessed one of the most absurd, embarrassing hearings in recent Washington memory.
Jan 31, 2013 / George Zornick
A Lonely Spot in a Lonely War A Lonely Spot in a Lonely War
Eric on Neil Young and Reed on Jake Tapper's Afghanistan book.
Jan 31, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets
The agreement is designed to resolve Walmart’s allegations that workers’ Black Friday protests were illegal.
Jan 31, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Why Liz Lemon Mattered Why Liz Lemon Mattered
Liz Lemon wasn’t the perfect feminist role model, which made her perfect for The Way Women Are Now.
Jan 31, 2013 / Michelle Dean
On the Routine Criminalization of America’s Black and Brown Youth On the Routine Criminalization of America’s Black and Brown Youth
We create images of monsters and then wonder why people go out slaying them.
Jan 31, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Why Hagel So Frightens Neocons and Guardians of the Military-Industrial Complex Why Hagel So Frightens Neocons and Guardians of the Military-Industrial Complex
The former Republican senator has an independent streak that unsettles Republicans, and even some Democrats.
Jan 31, 2013 / John Nichols