Politics

The Real Problem with Obamacare

Where the defeat of single-payer healthcare has gotten us.

David Sirota

What Our Country Has Done for Us

The high hopes of JFK's day have mostly been dashed.

Susan J. Douglas

Immigrant Detainees Have No ‘Plan B’

Women in ICE custody have no assurance of receiving emergency contraception—even if they're raped.

Joyce Lee

At Long Last, Congress Hears From a Drone Strike Victim

A Pakistani family devastated by drones gave a landmark briefing on Tuesday.

Cole Stangler

A Different Kind of Shutdown

What if progressives took a page from the Tea Party?

Bhaskar Sunkara

Social Democracy in the South

Bernie Sanders talks about economic justice—and the possibility of a presidential run—on a three-day road trip.

Cole Stangler

Shooting America in the Foot

Republicans wounded the country--and their party--with their failed gambit to defund the Affordable Care Act.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

The New Populists

Can Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown revive bank reform?

Sarah Jaffe

Return to Nixonland

How the NSA slipped its leash under Bush and Obama.

Lisa Graves

The War That Wasn’t

Snowden and Manning taught Americans skepticism, and not a moment too soon.

Leonard C. Goodman

The War on Pensions Goes Federal

Congress could apply a 'haircut' to previously sacrosanct pensions.

Cole Stangler

Why the Tea Party Loves Medicare but Hates Obamacare

How the GOP and the Koch brothers took advantage of the Tea Party's confused populism.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Experts Needed; Knowledge Optional

How the Beltway media embraced a fake Syria expert.

Chris Lehmann

‘FDR Democrat’ Vies for Congressional Seat

In a five-way Democratic race in Massachusetts, Carl Sciortino is jockeying for leftmost.

Cole Stangler

A Penchant For Pension Cutting

The so-called pension crisis diverts attention from the real money drain: corporate welfare.

David Sirota

Who Is John Galt? Now We Know!

On financial meltdowns and government shutdowns.

Slavoj Žižek

The Obama Doctrine

What American exceptionalism and isolationism share.

Noam Chomsky

The Grumpy Obstructionist Party

It's time for Dems to turn the tables.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President