Opinion

Schooling in a Spot of Bother

The English education system isn't leaving room for students to flourish.

Jane Miller

GOP Land Grab

To Romney and others in his party, all public assets look ripe for privatization

Joel Bleifuss

The End of Facebook?

With the emergence of apps and a transition away from websites, Facebook may fall by the wayside

Kenneth Rapoza

GOP Time Travelers and Other Hucksters

The misguided semantics paving the way to November's election

Chris Lehmann

The Next Hiroshima

August 6 provides a critical moment to reflect not only on the terrible events of that day, but also on current nuclear threats.

Noam Chomsky

Making Obama’s Kill List

The public should have more information on the drone program and its targets.

Leonard C. Goodman

A Slip of the Tongue?

Bill Clinton's praise for Romney's business career signals what's to come in 2016.

Joel Bleifuss

The Deadly Addiction to Cheap Meat

How the overuse of antibiotics on livestock is making us sick.

Terry J. Allen

The Meaning of Heroism

Too often, the Right uses the "hero" label to stifle dissent.

Lindsay Beyerstein

The War on Old Folks

Susan J. Douglas

The War on Whistleblowers

The Obama administration's dubiously legal whistleblower crackdown is a genuine threat to democracy.

David Sirota

Shiny Objects Are People, Too

Why the Romney campaign's distinction between "economic" and "social" issues is false.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Somebody Else’s Atrocities

Opposing the International Olympic Committee’s newly formed partnership with Dow Chemical, dissenters illuminate a history of human rights oversights.

Noam Chomsky

The Legend of the Spat-Upon Veteran

It's a disproven myth, but politicians, keen on dispelling opposition and maintaining militarism, continue to feed the fable.

David Sirota

A Rare Admission That Money Trumps Everything Else

In New York, Cuomo reveals— unsurprisingly—it's easier to get things done when corporate power goes unthreatened.

David Sirota

Why A Cyber Security Bill Will Pass

Everyone from hackers to gamers to average netizens will have to get used to a new normal.

Kenneth Rapoza

The GOP’s Dukakis Problem

Republicans gloat that President Obama's days are numbered—but Romney could go the way of Michael Dukakis.

Theo Anderson

Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum

The GOP notion that we can't pursue gay rights while fixing the economy is a red herring.

David Sirota