Politics

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

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

Mutually Assured Madness

British Ambassador Peter Jenkins on the alternatives to bombing Iran.

George Kenney

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