Politics
A Half Century After Detroit Uprising, City Still Stranded by Capitalism and Federal Government
How federal policy and Big Auto drove black blight and white flight.
Marilyn Katz
The GOP’s Summer Break Plans
The Republican guide to secret meetings during Congress's five-week sojourn.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Rebels With a Far-Right Cause
A new generation of libertarians is being groomed for Republican leadership.
Cole Stangler
Is Edward J. Snowden Aboard This Plane?
America's imperial power is on the decline, to the world's benefit.
Noam Chomsky
Why Did 83 Democrats Vote to Continue NSA Surveillance?
This time, we can't blame the Republicans.
Cole Stangler
‘Bargain’ on Immigration Would Feed Prison Profits
The private prison industry stands to gain millions from the Senate's reform plan.
Michelle Chen
Presidential Infallibility
To a grandfather seeking answers, the U.S. shrugs and says: We don't have to tell you why we killed your grandson.
David Sirota
Who Will Stand Up to Wall Street?
While the House continues kowtowing, a select few in the Senate are working to tame the banks.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Who’s Afraid of Valerie Jarrett?
Criticisms of Jarrett reveal gender and racial anxieties--and a rift in Democratic Party.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Congress Members Move to Restore Voting Rights Act
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking steps to reinstate the civil-rights law invalidated by the Supreme Court.
Cole Stangler
Is Higher Ed the Next Target of Corporate ‘Reformers’?
The proposed shuttering of City College of San Francisco bears unsettling parallels to K-12 school closings.
Rebecca Burns
U.S. Politicians Seduced by Iran’s Shadow Government
A group of wealthy, hawkish Iranians-in-exile has premier access to U.S. Congress members.
Cole Stangler
Racism, the U. S. Justice System, and the Trayvon Martin Verdict
What happens when African Americans don't get a jury of their peers?
Flint Taylor
Robbing Peter to Pay DePaul
As Rahm Emanuel decimates public schools, he's gifting a private college $55 million in public funds.
Achy Obejas
House Evades Food Stamp Renewal
A program that feeds millions faces an uncertain fate.
Cole Stangler
How Cash Secretly Rules Surveillance Policy
Booz Allen et al donate campaign cash. Politicians praise surveillance. What does Occam's Razor say?
David Sirota
Welcome Back, Jim Crow
With a helping hand from the Supreme Court, the GOP can cling to power by disenfranchising voters.
Joel Bleifuss
In Defense of PRISM
By delegitimizing the government, the Left is doing the Tea Party's dirty work.
Louis Nayman
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