Politics
7 Reasons Why the 99 Percent Keeps Losing
Mar 24, 2015Unless a mass movement rises to counter the war on government and unions, current trends will likely continue.
3 Trends Driving Liberal American Jews Away From Israel
Mar 23, 2015Netanyahu's re-election—and the way in which he won it—is but one touchstone of a crisis of the spirit.
Reckoning With the New Auto Recall Bill
Mar 19, 2015The system for recalling dangerous motor vehicles is broken. A new bill in Congress may not do much to fix it.
U.S. Pipeline Industry Quietly Building Network That 'Dwarfs Keystone'
Mar 18, 2015One pipeline is nothing compare to what's in store.
Fear Wins: Israeli Elections, the Morning After
Mar 18, 2015Netanyahu sacrificed Israel’s democratic principles and its relations with the U.S. to win another term as prime minister.
America's Willful Ignorance of Our History of Lynching Feeds Racial Hatred
Mar 18, 2015It's easy to focus on individual racist acts and condemn the actors. But that doesn't get us closer to solving the problem of racism.
America's Willful Ignorance of Our History of Lynching Feeds Racial Hatred
Mar 18, 2015It's easy to focus on individual racist acts and condemn the actors. But that doesn't get us closer to solving the problem of racism.
Hope and Fear in Israel in the Moments Before Polls Close
Mar 17, 2015Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party is offering fear to Israeli citizens, but there is optimism among the left in the final hours of voting.
The Many Ways the University of Oklahoma Fraternity Scandal Reveals America's Racism Denial
Mar 17, 2015Bill Kristol blames rap music. And the fraternity's lawyer says the racist chanters were "tarred and feathered." (Yes, he did.)
Why the Real Story of the Irish Exodus to America Isn't Taught in Schools
Mar 17, 2015The famine that brought vast numbers of Irish to the U.S. wasn't caused by nature; it was caused by ruthless capitalists.
The Dance of Liberals and Radicals
Mar 17, 2015As LBJ and MLK needed each other, so does today's left-of-center establishment need the leftist vanguard—and vice-versa.
At National Gathering, Firefighters Not Impressed By Potential GOP Candidates
Mar 16, 2015Ted Cruz elicited more grumbles than laughs with jokes about Hillary Clinton and the IRS. The rest of the Republican presidential field didn't fare much better.
Are You Ready for War With Iran? Here's How It Could Happen
Mar 16, 2015If 2016 lands a Republican in the White House, with a Republican Congress behind him, the war will be all but begun.
Sharing the Wealth
Mar 13, 2015Why can’t we broadly distribute the wealth produced from America’s common resource pool? Conservative Alaska manages to do it.
NYU Graduate Students Win Historic Victory
Mar 13, 2015After over a year of tense negotiations, a tentative agreement is a major win, and the result of a renewed push to mobilize the Manhattan campus.
