Politics
A New Phase In the Marijuana Legalization Debate
Jul 28, 2014The New York Times comes out for legalization, and the question shifts from "Is pot bad?" to "Is prohibition worse than the alternative?"
The Money Behind Big Oil's Win On Atlantic Drilling
Jul 26, 2014The Obama administration's controversial decision in favor of the petroleum industry comes during an election season in which Republicans are reaping greater rewards than even pro-drilling Democrats.
A Bright Spot In Obama's Foreign Policy: Iran. Yes, Iran
Jul 25, 2014With a glimmer of success on the horizon, Obama's critics are predicting the apocalypse.
Hobby Lobby Decision Could Give License to Anti-Labor 'Biblical Economics' Practices
Jul 24, 2014Religious Right leaders have been working hard to convince conservative evangelicals that the Tea Party’s anti-government, anti-union, anti-welfare agenda is grounded in the Bible, setting the stage for more "religious liberty" legal arguments by corporation owners.
Hillary for Liberals: A Conversation With Walter Shapiro
Jul 23, 2014"As a campaigner, Hillary can do a shot and a beer better than Barack Obama can," Shapiro says. So there's that.
This Is Your Brain on War: A Dispatch From Jerusalem
Jul 23, 2014Why both sides in the Gaza conflict saw irrational decisions as reasonable
There Is No Border Crisis: There Are Frightened Children, Fleeing Death
Jul 22, 2014America’s response to child refugees from Central America is downright shameful.
7 Foreign Policy Crises That Show Republicans Prefer Disaster to Solutions
Jul 22, 2014Leaders like Cheney seem more concerned with appearing muscular than solving global conflicts. In fact, attempt a solution, and you'll be called weak.
Here's Why One Day You Will Probably Fall In Love With a Robot
Jul 21, 2014It's not that you won't realize you've fallen head over heels for a piece of software; it's that you won't care.
Go Ahead, Bash My City: I Can Take It
Jul 18, 2014Here's the real Cleveland joke: the utter dissonance of the GOP celebrating its platform of inequality in this working-class, majority-black, decidedly Blue city, where Republican attempts to suppress minority votes pose a regular problem.
This Is What Happened When I Took the MTA Bus to Pick Up Food Stamps
Jul 16, 2014A response to a much-chattered-about article by an upper-middle-class white woman who was appalled to find herself judged when she applied for food stamps.
Welcome to Cleveland, GOP! Now Let Me Tell You Where to Go
Jul 15, 2014Republicans will nominate their 2016 presidential candidate in the Rock and Roll Capital of the World. A native offers GOP hopefuls a geopolitical guide to Northeast Ohio.
Argentina's Loss to Germany Nothing Compared to Financial Rout By U.S.
Jul 14, 2014As Merkel starves ailing European economies, SCOTUS is doing worse to Argentina's.
Minimum Wage For Tipped Workers Hasn’t Increased Since the Fall of the Soviet Union
Jul 11, 2014A new report from the Economic Policy Institute shows the ravages of an artificially depressed wage on food servers and other workers.
In the Jerusalem Mourning Tent For a Murdered Teen
Jul 10, 2014Hundreds of Israelis visit the family of a murdered Palestinian boy in Jerusalem that has been torn by rage.
