The Latest Debate Over Taxing the Rich Misses One Crucial Fact

Progressives have forgotten that taxes do more than just raise money.

Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert

5 Books: Gabriella Coleman’s Best Reads on Hacking

These books are crucial background to the debate over Edward Snowden.

Gabriella Coleman

Finally, a Verdict on Blackwater’s Nisour Square Shooters

Accountability for the massacre in Iraq is a start—but we should also be talking about reducing reliance on private military contractors.

The Editors

Snapshot: The Grass Is Always Greener

Thousands of African migrants live in camps in Morocco, just feet away from the luxe Spanish enclave of Melilla, separated from a better life by a nineteen-foot-high border fence. On October 22, twenty migrants made it over, while seventy others were caught on the fence and remained there for hours as white-clad golfers teed off. Read More

José Palazón

Vote Working Families Party to Pressure Andrew Cuomo

In New York State, the best way to end corruption, reform politics and counter inequality is to keep the WFP strong.

The Editors

What Are Republican Donors Thinking?

Under Obama, the richer are richer than ever, but Wall Street isn’t repaying the favor.

Eric Alterman

How Racism Stole Black Childhood

People who are black and poor aren’t allowed to be young and irresponsible.

Gary Younge

Bushes, Led by W., Rally to Make Jeb ‘45’

Calvin Trillin

Letters

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