Reclaiming the Politics of Freedom Reclaiming the Politics of Freedom
Since the ’70s, liberals and leftists have misidentified the source of conservatism’s appeal.
Apr 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Government Shutdown? Blame GOP Heartlessness and Democratic Cowardice Government Shutdown? Blame GOP Heartlessness and Democratic Cowardice
A mixture of Republican heartlessness and Democratic cowardice has brought us to the brink of a government shutdown.
Apr 6, 2011 / Ari Berman
I Want to See Trump’s IQ Tests!: Birtherism Traps Trump, Gobbles GOP I Want to See Trump’s IQ Tests!: Birtherism Traps Trump, Gobbles GOP
The deeper purpose behind the pandering is to encourage us all to relax into the stupid.
Apr 1, 2011 / Leslie Savan
I Know a Little I Know a Little
How Commentary and Israel's Six-Day War informed the neoconservative movement (or didn't).
Apr 1, 2011 / Eric Alterman
Wisconsin’s Cronon Affair: The Power of a Simple Fact Wisconsin’s Cronon Affair: The Power of a Simple Fact
Why are the Republicans going after a history professor who calls himself a “centrist”?
Mar 28, 2011 / Jon Wiener
Video: As Michele Bachmann Toys With Presidential Bid, Remember Her Call for McCarthyism Video: As Michele Bachmann Toys With Presidential Bid, Remember Her Call for McCarthyism
In 2008 on Hardball, Bachmann called on the media to seek out members of Congress who are “anti-American.” And Katrina vanden Heuvel talked back.
Mar 25, 2011 / The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Extremists Are Using ‘Despicable Politics’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Extremists Are Using ‘Despicable Politics’
Republican fanatics are trying to take the country back to a time when workers had no rights.
Mar 24, 2011 / The Ed Show
Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Big Ideas for Education Reform Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Big Ideas for Education Reform
Like her brother, President Obama, Soetoro-Ng wants to revamp school systems and broaden test-focused curriculums.
Mar 23, 2011 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Obama Holds Up Latin America as a Model for the Middle East—If Only Obama Holds Up Latin America as a Model for the Middle East—If Only
Obama, in Chile, celebrates Latin American democracy while telling Chileans to not cling to the past.
Mar 22, 2011 / Greg Grandin
Stopping Walker’s Steamroller In Wisconsin Stopping Walker’s Steamroller In Wisconsin
The night that the Wisconsin Senate Republicans got together and forced through Scott Walker's union-busting bill, many Wisconsinites cried foul. The state’s open-mee...
Mar 21, 2011 / Laura Flanders