Opinion
Charter Schools Are Not the Silver Bullet
With all the reformist buzz, where are the results?
David Sirota
The Banality of Corporate Evil
Claiming they can't be held liable for human rights abuses, corporations reach a new height of hypocrisy.
Joel Bleifuss
The Layer Ploy
The oil and gas industries are using the oldest corporate trick in the book: Hide the real agenda behind something popular.
David Sirota
Utah’s New Abortion Waiting Game
The state's new mandatory 72-hour waiting period for an abortion is condescending, costly and just as insidious as other restrictions.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Ron Paul’s Common Sense
He's wrong on many things, but when it comes to foreign policy and civil liberties, the GOP Congressman sounds the right notes.
Leonard C. Goodman
Trumpeting the Superpower Status Quo
President Obama's 'Defense Strategic Review' is old sauce in a new bottle—and the country's worse for it.
Gregory D. Foster
A Welcome Return to Basic Standards
The meaning of Rush Limbaugh's recent apology.
David Sirota
A Broken Writ, a Kangaroo Court
Habeas corpus rights aren't intact in America. Just ask my Guantanamo detainee client.
Leonard C. Goodman
The Opposite of Snobbery
Rick Santorum thinks making college affordable for all is elitist. How else are Americans going to find good-paying jobs?
David Sirota
What Are Iran’s Intentions?
As tensions flare between Iran and the West, 120 nonaligned nations agree: the country has the right to enrich uranium.
Noam Chomsky
Paula Deen: This Little Piggy Went to Market
Why the TV cooking celebrity waited three years to announce her diabetes.
Terry J. Allen
Forgetting the Past, One Military Movie at a Time
When the entertainment industry gets in bed with the Pentagon, censorship is inevitable.
David Sirota
Newt Gingrich’s Vintage Female Problem
He doesn't seem to like older women. They ought to take revenge at the ballot box.
Susan J. Douglas
Will We Choose a Chinese Future?
Manufacturing jobs are trickling back into the U.S. economy because depressed wages are turning America into China.
David Sirota
When It Comes to Iran, U.S. Should Make History, Not Bombs
Washington must prevent, rather than join, a war over Iranian nuclear capabilities.
Joel Bleifuss
Liberal Snobs and Wall Street Bankers
A third way between America's clichéd class narratives comes from an unlikely source: former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum.
Daniel Hertz
Embracing ‘Enough’
Most Americans know when someone earns enough money. But those calling the shots just don't get it.
David Sirota
The Gray Lady’s Decline
As The New York Times 'right-sizes' its editorial staff, the death of print media approaches.
Kenneth Rapoza
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