Politics

What To Expect From New York’s Black Feminist First Lady

Can we embrace Chirlane McCray without smothering her?

Andrea Plaid

Where Obama’s Class Speech Failed

The president claims 'the opportunity gap in America is now as much about class as it is about race.' Is it?

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

A Private-Sector Model: Really?

How Obama and the Democrats failed to defend the universal right to healthcare.

James Thindwa

A Cold, Hard Look at the NSA’s Metadata Program

Fearmongering abounds, but the facts are simple. No attacks have been stopped.

David Sirota

Weed Is Legal And Nobody Died

Washington's fears of reefer madness haven't come to pass in Colorado.

David Sirota

A Brief History of Anarchism

The struggle for the common good has a long past.

Noam Chomsky

The Roots of the Tea Party

How conservatives came to dominate U.S. politics.

Melvyn Dubofsky

How Fox News Spun Chicago’s Murders

Eric Boehlert

Republicans (Still) Have a ‘Female Problem’

In the 2014 midterms, women will be the battleground. And one party has a leg up.

Ruth Rosen

Dumbing America Down

The Right wants us to think higher education has no value.

Susan J. Douglas

Princes of the City

From Rahm Emanuel to Rob Ford, today's mayors increasingly run their cities like fiefdoms.

Kari Lydersen

The Next Corporate-Friendly Trade Pact

With the TPP facing Congressional scrutiny, the U.S. presses forward on another deal.

Cole Stangler

Just Kids

Could a recent Supreme Court decision give juvenile lifers a second chance?

Matt Stroud

Obamacare After Obama

The Affordable Care Act's issues will be far from resolved by 2016.

Achy Obejas

Beware Mayoralphilia

For every visionary mayor, there are a dozen Rob Fords.

Catherine Tumber

A Very Adult Social Security Tantrum

Centrist Dems are horrified by Elizabeth Warren's plan to raise benefits. But populists aren't backing down.

Chris Lehmann

Why Edward Snowden Is the Definition of a Whistleblower

The verdict on Snowden is in.

David Sirota

Republicans Offer Up a Raw Deal for Christmas

The GOP wants to give corporations bonuses and put the unemployed out in the cold.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President