Opinion
A Case of Strategic Debasement
What the infamous Marine urination video teaches us about war and the U.S. military.
Gregory D. Foster
Our Selective Definition of Bigotry
There's unacceptable racism, and then there's acceptable racism.
David Sirota
It’s More Than a War of Words
If Democrats can't inspire progressives to vote this year, Barack Obama will be a one-term president.
Joel Bleifuss
The Susan B. Anthony List’s Situational Feminism
The organization's model legislation makes clear it is more interested in ending abortion than helping women.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
America’s Real Occupiers
Public officials who remove themselves and their families from the community they govern.
David Sirota
Recognizing the ‘Unpeople’
From Africa to the Middle East to the United States, the unmentioned continue to suffer.
Noam Chomsky
Commemorating Our Soon-to-Be Lost Vernacular
What words and phrases will end up as relics of the past?
David Sirota
Occupy the Electoral Process
It would be a mistake for members of the Occupy movement to ignore the 2012 elections.
Liz Novak
The Lonesome Death of Josh Dylan Pfenning
A man who is unhoused kills himself at an Occupy encampment, underscoring America's widening chasms.
Terry J. Allen
‘Tis The Season of Fake Outrage
Every year, the right wing inevitably decries the nonexistent 'War on Christmas.'
David Sirota
Banana Republicans’ Assault on Democracy
Why does America's highest-ranking GOP politician oppose scrapping the electoral college?
David Sirota
The Lowlights of 2011’s ‘War on Women’
With a new Congress in office, battles over reproductive healthcare access came back with a vengeance.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Class Consciousness Is Back
Once you notice inequality, you can't escape the realities of class in America.
Susan J. Douglas
Steve Forbes: The GOP’s Man in 2012
The Republican Party’s awkward flat-taxing farce has the last laugh.
Theo Anderson
What’s Next for the Occupy Movement?
There is much to celebrate, even as the tents come down. But it's time for new strategies.
Marilyn Katz
Why Conservatives Can’t Fix Poverty
Newt Gingrich's new idea offers a stark reminder.
James Thindwa
What Real Education Reform Looks Like
New reports underscore what should be obvious: Poverty and punitive funding formulas drive America's education problems.
David Sirota
Marching Off the Cliff
The world wants UN climate talks in Durban to succeed, but U.S. intransigence blocks the way forward.
Noam Chomsky
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