A Lesson for the Next President A Lesson for the Next President
Will our next president have the courage to scrap No Child Left Behind?
Oct 21, 2008 / Feature / Demitrious Sinor
Smearing Colonel Vandeveld Smearing Colonel Vandeveld
Military commissions officials are using punitive psychological evaluations as part of a strategy to discredit and silence a former colleague turned whistleblower.
Oct 20, 2008 / Feature / Ross Tuttle
Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election? Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election?
In state after state, the number of new voters has swelled like never before. They're mostly under 30 and solidly backing Barack Obama.
Oct 17, 2008 / Feature / Cora Currier
McCain on Letterman: ‘I Screwed Up’ McCain on Letterman: ‘I Screwed Up’
Keith Olbermann lauds Late Night host David Letterman for challenging McCain on his attack ads in a way that only he can.
Oct 17, 2008 / Countdown
Back Talk: Paul Offit Back Talk: Paul Offit
A doctor defends scientific research against the potentially fatal misperceptions of the anti-vaccine movement.
Oct 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
McCain Scoffs at ‘Mother’s Health’ Abortion Exemption McCain Scoffs at ‘Mother’s Health’ Abortion Exemption
Obama and McCain exchange blows on abortion rights and a mother's health, the latter of which is too extreme for the Republican.
Oct 16, 2008 / Talking Points Memo
Scenes From the Crackup Scenes From the Crackup
Behind the scrim of boom times there was always debt and sex--and the intimate economy of panic and desire.
Oct 16, 2008 / JoAnn Wypijewski
It’s Sliming Time (Again) It’s Sliming Time (Again)
Politics ain't beanbag, but the thuggishness of McCain and Palin and their conservative media enablers have infected our political discourse.
Oct 16, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Hard Knocks in the Workplace Hard Knocks in the Workplace
The rights of workers get little attention from the court, and employers know they can violate those rights with impunity.
Oct 16, 2008 / Feature / Eric Schnapper
Debtor Nation Debtor Nation
The Supreme Court has done little to protect a nation of debtors from predatory lending practices.
Oct 16, 2008 / Feature / Robert M. Lawless