The Editors

In her inaugural column, Michelle Goldberg refutes Dambisa Moyo‘s argument for cutting off foreign aid to Africa. The results, Michelle says, would be absolutely catastrophic. Expect more on foreign affairs and human rights from Michelle in future weeks. Her column will appear every other Tuesday, alternating with Dana‘s. She will also be contributing regularly to […]

Could Turkey be the key to Obama‘s Middle East strategy? His diplomatic overtures toward the country suggest so, writes Dayo Olopade. Meanwhile, Ezra Klein analyzes Sen. Evan Bayh‘s hypocrisy on the budget. As always, subscribe to our RSS feed to receive our articles as soon as they are published. Also, follow us on Twitter for […]

It’s Friday. Not even Dana‘s photo analysis is enough to keep you interested in the G-20. So why don’t you mosey over to the main site, where Kara Jesella considers whether tell-all, rule-flaunting, bourbon-swilling “bad moms” are challenging stereotypes of motherhood or merely reinforcing them. And Terence Samuel warns that Obama should not be seduced […]

Last weekend, a group of House Democrats sent a letter to Barack Obama arguing that that U.S. should only engage with Iran if its government agrees to suspend their uranium-enrichment program. Matthew Yglesias wonders if this is necessarily the best anti-nuke strategy and if it might end up undermining Obama’s larger foreign-policy goals. Meanwhile, Richard […]

New York legislators are set to repeal parts of its draconian Rockefeller drug laws when they pass the state budget today. Good step, but is it enough? Adam Serwer doesn’t quite think so. Meanwhile, Tim Fernholz learns learns the value of insulting “dictators.” And Sarah Posner wonders why extreme Catholics must try to ruin the […]

Feminism isn’t dead. It’s just more likely to be found in blog posts than camped out in front of the White House. Courtney Martin looks at modern gender-based activism and finds it to be in better shape than the old guard thinks. Meanwhile, Tara McKelvey writes about special envoy Richard Holbrooke‘s experience in Vietnam and […]

While the United State’s electoral process isn’t quite in crisis mode, it could certainly stand to be improved. But how can we reform it without knowing exactly what’s wrong? Heather Gerken considers the practical effects that voting data — and lack thereof — has on ordinary citizens and the implementation of policy. Meanwhile, Dana Goldstein […]

Given the woefully imperfect information that Wall Street outsiders have about the financial world, what aspects are they allowed to criticize? Insiders would likely say “very little”; TAP executive editor Mark Schmitt and columnist Matthew Yglesias think most everything is fair game. The two recently discussed media coverage of the economy on Bloggingheads: Watch the […]

Reflecting on the Gaza conflict, Gershom Gorenberg considers the statements of Israeli soldiers shocked by what they were ordered to do. Meanwhile, Mark Schmitt reconnects the words “tax” and “spend” — in a good way! Services like Social Security and Medicaid don’t pay for themselves, after all. And Bruce Ackerman argues for a commission on […]