Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Radical Vision for America’s Future Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Radical Vision for America’s Future
What do liberals think of the Republican race for the presidential nomination?
Jan 23, 2012 / Press Room
This Week in Poverty: An American Commitment to Children? This Week in Poverty: An American Commitment to Children?
Eighty-eight percent of voters say that a presidential candidate’s position on equal opportunity for children of all races is important in determining their vote. But do ou...
Jan 20, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Food Stamp Fight Looms Food Stamp Fight Looms
Not for nothing is Newt going after the “food stamp president.” There’s a battle shaping up, but who will fight it?
Jan 19, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Vulture Capitalism on Trial Vulture Capitalism on Trial
Perry and Gingrich offer a surprisingly revealing criticism of Romney's brand of predatory capitalism.
Jan 19, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
For Democrats on Dr. King’s Day, It’s Fish-In-A Barrel Season – But it Shouldn’t Be For Democrats on Dr. King’s Day, It’s Fish-In-A Barrel Season – But it Shouldn’t Be
This Dr. King Day, it’s worth remembering that three years ago, a chorus of voices called on the administration to disperse stimulus funds with a view specifically to racial ...
Jan 17, 2012 / Laura Flanders
This Week in Poverty: Kids, Jobs and GOP Myths This Week in Poverty: Kids, Jobs and GOP Myths
What the latest brain research says about kids and poverty, and what the brainless GOP says.
Jan 13, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

Why Is Congress Redlining Our Schools? Why Is Congress Redlining Our Schools?
The new version of the federal education law would further entrench the problems besetting schools that serve poor and minority children.
Jan 11, 2012 / Feature / Linda Darling-Hammond
2011: Upending The Conversational Patterns That Will Matter in 2012 2011: Upending The Conversational Patterns That Will Matter in 2012
An expert on conversations gives new insight into the transitions of 2011 that give hope for the year ahead.
Jan 9, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue
Corporate Profits Up. Taxes Not. Corporate Profits Up. Taxes Not.
Corporate profits rose to a record $1.97 trillion in the third quarter of 2011. Corporate income tax payments did not. But it's not a matter of “Honey, I Shrunk Corporate Tax...
Jan 6, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Santorum’s Empty Rhetoric of Economic Populism Santorum’s Empty Rhetoric of Economic Populism
Liberals should not fall for Rick Santorum’s phony presentation as someone who cares about—or would do anything for—working-class Americans.
Jan 5, 2012 / Ben Adler