Politics

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

There Will Be Paranoia

As long as there are dispossessed white people, there will be conspiracies.

Steve Weinberg

What Rush Has Wrought

And why it's good news for feminism.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

The Second Coming of El Papa to Cuba

Pope Benedict XVI makes common cause with the Castro brothers.

Samuel Farber

How Do You Like It Now, Republicans?

Rush Limbaugh's depravity is the endpoint of conservatism's long journey into the heart of darkness.

Theo Anderson

A Broken Writ, a Kangaroo Court

Habeas corpus rights aren't intact in America. Just ask my Guantanamo detainee client.

Leonard C. Goodman

The Opposite of Snobbery

Rick Santorum thinks making college affordable for all is elitist. How else are Americans going to find good-paying jobs?

David Sirota

What Are Iran’s Intentions?

As tensions flare between Iran and the West, 120 nonaligned nations agree: the country has the right to enrich uranium.

Noam Chomsky

Oligarchy in the U.S.A.

The wealth defense industry protects the richest of the rich.

Jeffrey A. Winters

United Citizens vs. Citizens United

Two years after the infamous ruling, support builds for a constitutional amendment.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Argentina’s Pulp Fiction: Grupo Clarín and Freedom of the Press

A new law aiming to end a media monopoly is condemned by international news outlets.

Julie Turkewitz

Newt Gingrich’s Vintage Female Problem

He doesn't seem to like older women. They ought to take revenge at the ballot box.

Susan J. Douglas

The Iron Lady’s Mad Shadow

Margaret Thatcher's gut instincts influenced the next generation of politicians, from Blair to Bush.

Jane Miller

In Search of the Anti-Walker

An election to recall Wis. Gov. Scott Walker is now certain. His opponent is not.

Liz Novak

Why Gary Johnson Should Terrify the Democrats

The Libertarian's presidential candidacy poses a problem for Barack Obama.

Theo Anderson

Managing Dissent in Chicago

As the G8/NATO summits approach, activists protest restrictive new rules--and prepare for the spotlight.

Jeremy Gantz

When It Comes to Iran, U.S. Should Make History, Not Bombs

Washington must prevent, rather than join, a war over Iranian nuclear capabilities.

Joel Bleifuss

Fighting for Gender Equality in Iraq

Yanar Mohammed says the U.S. invasion and occupation hurt women's rights.

Rebecca Burns