Politics

Washington’s Selective Deficit Disorder

Politicians only impose austerity when it suits them.

David Sirota

Illinois Attorney General Fights to Stop Jon Burge’s Pension Payments

The former police commander has raked in thousands while in prison for lying about torturing detainees.

G. Flint Taylor

The Greatest Threat to World Peace

The United States polls higher than Pakistan, Iran and China as a perceived menace to peace.

Noam Chomsky

Is Another Crossfire Possible?

Jon Stewart was wrong: America needs vigorous debate. Too bad the new Crossfire doesn't deliver.

Bhaskar Sunkara

Open Letter From NY Jews to Mayor de Blasio: `AIPAC Does Not Speak For Us’

Open Letter From New York Jews

Hated on the Left, the TPP Draws Conservative Foes

A ragtag right-wing coalition opposes fast-tracking the deal they call 'Obamatrade.'

Cole Stangler

Kshama Sawant: The Great Red Hope

The socialist City Council member shares her plans for Seattle.

Micah Uetricht

The Gap Between Rich and Poor, Accidentally Explained by Bob McDonnell

The scandal shows inequality is not just a slip of some invisible hand of the market.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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