Opinion
Anniversaries From ‘Unhistory’
The events we fail to commemorate say as much about our national narrative as those we acknowledge.
Noam Chomsky
When it Comes to Education Technology, Trust but Verify
New gadgets in the classroom may cost more than schools bargain for.
David Sirota
U.S. Military Toxins: The Gift That Keeps on Killing
A tragic history of pollution continues in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Terry J. Allen
The Sunshine State’s Shadowy Legacy
How the 2000 Florida presidential election transformed the GOP.
Theo Anderson
The Economic Normalcy Bias
Even in a time of financial crisis, our culture consumes as if there were no tomorrow.
David Sirota
It’s the Stupid Republicans, Stupid
Progressives shouldn't be shy about mobilizing voters around singe-issue passions.
Susan J. Douglas
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
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