Politics

Did the Shutdown Hurt the Tea Party’s 2014 Prospects?

Progressive strategist Steve Cobble isn't so sure.

Amy Dean

Republicans Suddenly Love Obamacare

In a change of heart, Republicans are now outraged over the slow progress of the Affordable Care Act.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

How Cuba’s Bitter Sons Shut Down the U.S. Government

In Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, the Tea Party found the perfect pawns.

Achy Obejas

15 Under-the-Radar Progressive Wins of Election 2013

Moyers & Company

A Booster Shot for Social Security

The GOP--and some Democrats--want to cut the program. Progressive Dems want to expand it.

Sarah Jaffe

Flipping the House in 2014

Next year's congressional elections call for a more unified, progressive and revitalized Democratic Party.

Carl Davidson

Picturing an End to New York City’s Homelessness Crisis

More than 50,000 New Yorkers are homeless. Here's what the new mayor could do to help.

Molly Knefel

President Obama: Incompetent or Liar?

Without Snowden leaks, the president wouldn’t even know that the NSA spies on world leaders.

Steven Hill

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