Peter King’s ‘Islamic Radicalization’ Hearings Fan Paranoid Fantasies Peter King’s ‘Islamic Radicalization’ Hearings Fan Paranoid Fantasies
But now that the supposed widespread radicalization of American Muslims is being paraded around as political truth, it’s important to respond.
Mar 10, 2011 / Moustafa Bayoumi
Wisconsin: The Conservative Class War, Part III Wisconsin: The Conservative Class War, Part III
In Wisconsin and elsewhere, attacks on unions aren’t about budget savings. They're about dismantling the final barrier to the domination of American politics by the power of ...
Mar 10, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Scott Walker Puts Out Fire With Gasoline Scott Walker Puts Out Fire With Gasoline
Scott Walker has taken Wisconsin, a state so chock-full of “Midwestern nice,” you need insulin after talking to the locals, and turned it into a place where people are ...
Mar 10, 2011 / Dave Zirin
British Medical Group Suggests Women Seeking Abortion Be Told—Gasp!—the Truth British Medical Group Suggests Women Seeking Abortion Be Told—Gasp!—the Truth
Under the guidelines, patients would be told that women generally don’t suffer any psychological harm as a result of having an abortion.
Mar 9, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
Huckabee Replaces N-word With ‘Mau-Mau’ Huckabee Replaces N-word With ‘Mau-Mau’
Huckabee seemed folksy and friendly—until he started squawking that President Obama grew up in Kenya.
Mar 7, 2011 / Leslie Savan
Mike Huckabee: Wrong on Single Moms Mike Huckabee: Wrong on Single Moms
If Huckabee is worried about glamorizing teen pregnancy, he need look no farther than his own political party.
Mar 6, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry
The Gray-Haired White Guys Deciding Your Reproductive Fate The Gray-Haired White Guys Deciding Your Reproductive Fate
On abortion and birth control, it's old men with red-ish neckties versus poor women of color.
Mar 3, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
The Spirit of Wisconsin The Spirit of Wisconsin
How Scott Walker’s unionbusting spurred a popular uprising.
Mar 3, 2011 / Feature / John Nichols
In Its Crusade Against Choice, Has the GOP Gone Too Far? In Its Crusade Against Choice, Has the GOP Gone Too Far?
Not content with depriving women of reproductive healthcare, House Republicans want to starve them and their children too.
Mar 3, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The War on Women’s Futures The War on Women’s Futures
The ultimate aim of the GOP's social agenda is to force women back into the home.
Mar 3, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry