Opinion

Dumbing America Down

The Right wants us to think higher education has no value.

Susan J. Douglas

Soccer in Sun and Shadow

Blazing heat isn't the only problem with holding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Bhaskar Sunkara

Obamacare After Obama

The Affordable Care Act's issues will be far from resolved by 2016.

Achy Obejas

The Social Movement Romance

Progressives can't let a love affair with social movements distract them from electoral politics.

Joel Bleifuss

The Hypocritical Oath: Make a Healthy Profit

Practitioners of both traditional and alternative medicine rake in cash from the credulous.

Terry J. Allen

How Cuba’s Bitter Sons Shut Down the U.S. Government

In Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, the Tea Party found the perfect pawns.

Achy Obejas

Flipping the House in 2014

Next year's congressional elections call for a more unified, progressive and revitalized Democratic Party.

Carl Davidson

President Obama: Incompetent or Liar?

Without Snowden leaks, the president wouldn’t even know that the NSA spies on world leaders.

Steven Hill

What Our Country Has Done for Us

The high hopes of JFK's day have mostly been dashed.

Susan J. Douglas

The War on the Gullible

75 years after the 'War of the Worlds' broadcast, Americans are still panicked by fake news.

Susan J. Douglas

A Different Kind of Shutdown

What if progressives took a page from the Tea Party?

Bhaskar Sunkara

The War That Wasn’t

Snowden and Manning taught Americans skepticism, and not a moment too soon.

Leonard C. Goodman

Mining Your Life for Their Profit

A behind-the-screens look at how Internet giants sell your personal information.

Susan J. Douglas

The Biggest Threat to the Black Vote

The best way to defend African-American voting rights is to end the War on Drugs.

James Thindwa

What a Tangled (World Wide) Web

Have our youth lost the gift of boredom?

Jane Miller

Don’t Hate the Player

In defense of Alex Rodriguez.

Bhaskar Sunkara

Compounders Slip Through Deadly FDA Loophole

A Big-Pharma-funded Congress has tied regulators' hands. The result? Lethal drugs.

Terry J. Allen

Chicago Teachers Lead the Way

The CTU plans to change the political landscape in Chicago.

Joel Bleifuss