Politics

Target: Tar Sands

Activists in Texas and a South Dakota reservation are fighting a fast-growing industry.

Daniel Hertz

Who Needs the White Working Class?

Democratic campaign strategists debate which voters are worth wooing.

David Moberg

Collateral Insanity in Afghanistan

After decades of military devastation, Afghans are traumatized.

Terry J. Allen

The Bungled Hunt for 9/11’s Mastermind: KSM

It took Washington 10 years to capture Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed, who will soon be charged with murdering 2,976 people. A new book reveals his shadowy story.

Steve Weinberg

Israel Needs a New Narrative

Casting Jews as permanent victims is both outdated and counterproductive to the country's well-being.

Marilyn Katz

Hypothetical Matchups: A Gaffe-ing Matter

Let's not forget GOP primary season verbal missteps as the general election begins.

Susan J. Douglas

Vermont Yankee: A Nuclear Battle Over States’ Rights

There's no end in sight to Vermont's long-running legal struggle to shutter an aging power plant.

John Raymond

‘Block the Vote’ Blowback

GOP photo ID voting laws have energized African-American activists. Their anger could end up helping Democrats in November.

Theo Anderson

Why America Needs the Left

The fight for true equality since 1776.

Eli Zaretsky

The Assault on Public Education

One of America's greatest achievements is being defunded and degraded by the dictates of the marketplace.

Noam Chomsky

Promises Broken, Promises Kept

President Obama has fulfilled many campaign promises. But that's cold comfort to progressives.

Theo Anderson

Unmasking the Super PACs

Why are broadcasters fighting an FCC effort to bring their political ad records into the 21st century?

Kenneth Rapoza

No Bark, Less Bite—That Dog Don’t Hunt

Are America's long-running culture wars drawing to a close?

Chris Lehmann

The Ascendance of Elizabeth Warren

Understanding the woman behind the hype.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

The Bright Side of the War on Women

By making bigotry so visible, GOP extremism may have awakened the nation's feminist conscience.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Battlefield Rust Belt

Obama gears up for his re-election campaign in the industrial Midwest.

Eric Johnson

Will Catholic Bishops Be GOP Pawns?

The Church and evangelicals are finding common ground.

Theo Anderson

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