Politics

Our Iron Curtain
The 'border security' provisions of the new immigration bill solve a problem that isn't.
Achy Obejas
Rethinking American Exceptionalism
America is certainly exceptional, but that isn't necessarily something to be proud of.
David Sirota
Obama’s SEC Cop-Out
The new chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission is fresh off Wall Street.
Joel Bleifuss
Time for the Democrats to Go Nuclear
Harry Reid has nothing to lose by banning the filibuster of appointments.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Painting the Red States Red
Gun control is wildly popular in places like Louisiana--but you wouldn't know that from the media.
David Sirota
How to Handle the IRS Scandal? Reverse Citizens United
The real moral of the IRS story is that election finance needs serious reform.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
How the Government Targeted Occupy
A new report reveals the U.S. spent millions spying on Occupiers and other anti-corporate activists.
Lisa Graves
If West, Texas Had Been a Terrorist Attack
Why the double standard?
David Sirota
Revoking Amnesty for Death Squads
El Salvador finally confronts the ghosts of its past.
Angelina Godoy
Deportation in 90 Minutes or Less
Border crossers get no justice in Operation Streamline's kangaroo court.
Nancy Fleck Myers and Susan Nelson
The Elizabeth Colbert-Busch Guide to Running in Another Party’s Safe District
Devin McCarthy
FCC: Fronting For Corporations?
Business is cheering Obama's nominee. That's bad news if you like your media diverse and your Internet free.
Joel Bleifuss
The Military’s 40-Year Experiment
How the end of the draft made way for an 'era of persistent conflict.'
David Sirota
The Gumby Act: The Republican Plan to Bend Workers Into Pretzels
The GOP wants to force 'flexibility' on employees, not bosses.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Will Iceland Shift Right?
Iceland's surprising recovery was heralded as the great anti-austerian victory. So why are voters unhappy?
Samuel Knight
The 28-Year-Old Who Caught the Excel Error Heard Round the World
The economics student who debunked global austerity explains why he did it.
Bhaskar Sunkara
All Ye Progressives, Take Heart
The Grand Old Party will eventually be the Dead Old Party: the inexorable logic of numbers.
Marilyn Katz
Margaret Thatcher’s Ghost
The Iron Lady is being laid to rest, but her policies haunt the White House.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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