Feature

What Afghan Women Want

In Afghanistan's harsh rural regions, the West's legacy is merely more scars.

Anna Badkhen

Feature

Splintering the 99%

Romney and Ryan descend to race-baiting.

Louis Nayman

Feature

This Machine Kills Fascists, Doesn’t Pay Musicians

Folk artist Amanda Palmer raised more than $1 million on Kickstarter, then tried to get musicians to 'volunteer' at her shows. This is a problem.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Drug Dealers Protecting Their Turf

Alcohol peddlers are fighting marijuana reform to keep out the competition.

David Sirota

Feature

The Arizonification of America?

Author Jeff Biggers on whether Arizona--with its widening racial schisms--is a rogue state or a bellwether.

Michelle Chen

Feature

Winning in 2012

Wooing the volatile, mistrustful, anti-political — but crucial — Independent vote

Vic Fingerhut

Feature

Romney, Ryan, GOP Demand Obama Stop Strengthening Welfare-to-Work

Republicans flip-flop on welfare-to-work, challenging efforts by Obama to help states find jobs for welfare recipients.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

From Arab Spring to Autumn Rage

The anti-Mohammed film by 'Sam Bacile' reveals the dark side of social media's power.

Andrew Lam

Feature

A Good Ole Boys’ Family Feud

As Romney sinks, Republicans turn on each other, and the 'Southern strategy' implodes at last.

Theo Anderson

Feature

The Right-Wing Machine Behind ‘School Choice’

Think public-school teachers are bad and vouchers are good? You may be prey to a well-funded stealth campaign.

Rachel Tabachnick

Feature

Why the Uproar Over Naomi Wolf’s Vagina?

We need to stop castigating "bad" feminists for everything they do--even when they write silly books

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Hard Times For Turkish Dissenters

Many tout Turkey as a model for "Arab democracy," but its human rights record raises troubling questions

Stephen Franklin

Feature

The Democrats’ Missed Opportunity

In failing to link immigrant rights and women's rights, DNC speakers overlooked how injustices interlock

Michelle Chen

Feature

The Death and Life of Occupy

Occupy Wall Street redefines itself

Rachel Lears

Feature

Big Brother In Your Car

Oh, that little device under the dash? It's just your insurance company judging your driving.

David Sirota

Feature

5 Mysteries from the DNC

Who's afraid of Obamacare, are unions dead and other questions arising from Charlotte

Theo Anderson

Feature

‘Two Wasted Years’: Orwell at the BBC

Some at the BBC fear commemorating George Orwell because he was 'too left-wing.' They probably shouldn't bother anyway.

Kristian Williams

Feature

In Praise of Being Daring (And Wrong)

Shulamith Firestone wrote at a time when feminists would risk the absurd for brilliant insights

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Democrats Go for The Jugular

On the first night of the DNC, the speakers hit the GOP's perceived strength: family

Theo Anderson

Feature

In the Twilight of Empire

America’s past performance is no guarantee of a future.

Jeff Faux

Feature

Exiling the Poor

Affluent suburban communities are refusing to build state-mandated affordable housing, leaving the inner-city poor with few options

Daniel Hertz

Feature

The Climate Bites Back

Decades of aggressive urban sprawl have led to many Americans living in wildfire territory

David Sirota

Feature

Yes, GOP, ‘We Built It.’ But Not Alone.

The Republican Convention's theme implies--wrongly--that entrepreneurs don't rely on public help.

Marilyn Katz

Feature

Enough With the Rape Gaffes

Bizarre rape remarks by prominent Republicans are distracting from the fundamental reasons to defend abortion

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle