Alexandra Gutierrez

Our most recent issue features a profile of Who’s Your City author Richard Florida written by Alec MacGillis. Over the holidays, TAP contributor Ryan Avent wrote a response to the piece. Here, MacGillis writes back. As a regular reader of Ryan Avent, I was glad to see him weigh in on my feature on Richard […]

Marta Evry at Firedoglake and Ezra Klein both agree that President Obama‘s recent public option diss in the Washington Post defies much of his earlier rhetoric from the campaign trail. But Evry is convinced that the public option is more valuable as an oracle — or maybe catharsis — for progressive activists than it ever […]

Tim Fernholz imagines a world without a filibuster: What a year for Congress! In February, it passed an $820 billion fiscal stimulus with more infrastructure investment than tax cuts. By April, it approved the president’s landmark progressive budget. In June, an unprecedented energy bill complete with carbon cap-and-trade provisions passed. Then, in September, it agreed […]

Women in Afghanistan wait for humanitarian aid. Today, NATO’s secretary general reemphasized the coalition’s commitment to achieving stability in the country. (Flickr/ISAF)

In the morning’s early hours, the Senate voted for cloture on health-care reform. Prior to the vote, Sen. Tom Harkin delivered a statement on the bill’s merits and the necessity of its — LOOK AT THAT SWEATER VEST. Just wow. (C-SPAN)

Barack and Michelle Obama watch a child light candles at a White House Hanukkah reception. (White House/Samantha Appleton)

Representatives from the islands of Tuvalu stalled talks at the U.N. climate change summit. The nation is highly vulnerable to rises in sea level. (Flickr/L0M1)

On October 11, tens of thousands of Americans participated in the National Equality March, held in Washington, D.C. Today, the city council voted 11 to 2 to approve legislation of same-sex marriage. Council member David Catania commented, “In 20 years, we’ve gone from criminals to full equals.” The legislation will now be sent the Congress […]

A protester in Copenhagen removes his “climate alien” make-up. Barack Obama will head to Denmark next week to take part in the United Nations climate talks. (Flickr/Matthew McDermott)