Opinion
The Problem Is Capitalism
Only radical reforms will solve neoliberalism's crisis of democracy.
Joseph M. Schwartz and Maria Svart
Revoking Amnesty for Death Squads
El Salvador finally confronts the ghosts of its past.
Angelina Godoy
The Right to Call In Sick
Portland joins a growing number of cities adopting paid sick leave ordinances.
Ellen Bravo
Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher
The tall tales are all true.
Jane Miller
FCC: Fronting For Corporations?
Business is cheering Obama's nominee. That's bad news if you like your media diverse and your Internet free.
Joel Bleifuss
The Next Chavez?
A narrow victory bought Nicolás Maduro immense power.
Achy Obejas
Demystifying India
Jane Miller reflects on the end of an empire.
Jane Miller
The Digital Education Divide
Massive Open Online Courses threaten to aggravate the problems they were designed to solve.
Susan J. Douglas
The Gay Old Party
Republicans are waving a white flag in their battle against marriage equality--or is that a rainbow flag?
Achy Obejas
Drone Justice is Blind
There's no way President Obama can fairly review each drone strike.
Leonard C. Goodman
The GOP’s Cuban Conundrum
As they begin to lose their Cuban-American base, Republicans start seeing faults in a Cold War-era immigration policy.
Achy Obejas
Hollywood Is the Wrong Target
Entertainment isn't causing a culture of gun violence--we are.
Michael Atkinson
Tea Party Coup D’état
Progressives are too quick to believe that the Tea Party hurts Republicans.
Joel Bleifuss
A Romanian Exorcism
Cristian Mungiu's film 'Beyond the Hills' will take your breath away.
Michael Atkinson
Frack You and the Sand You Rode In On
Fracking's evil twin: the mining of prehistoric sand.
Terry J. Allen
Loving to Hate the Royal Family
Hilary Mantel's sniping at Kate Middleton, and why we Britons cling to our monarchy.
Jane Miller
No Sanctuary in the Ivory Tower
Why didn't MIT defend Aaron Swartz?
Chris Lehmann
A Just War in Timbuktu?
How the Salafist uprising in Mali threw our Enlightenment ideals into confusion.
Joel Bleifuss
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