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How can a woman be an avatar for an evangelical movement that argues that women must obey men?

In its nihilistic demonization of government, the right has declared war on America.

Ten years after the attacks on the twin towers and the Pentagon, the United States is in bad shape, but our problems have little to do with what al-Qaeda did to us. America’s troubles stem from what the country has done to itself—or rather, from what our political leaders have done with the nation’s power […]

About 40 years ago, I read a book by the historian-activist James Weinstein, and my political outlook changed utterly, and for good. Its title, The Decline of Socialism in America, 1912-1925, doesn’t sound like a catalyst of hope, much less of personal transformation. But at the time, I was recovering from a feverish romance with […]

Few cases start off as clear-cut as the one against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the newly resigned International Monetary Fund chief who is now facing rape charges in Manhattan. A cleaning woman told police that Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her when she walked into his hotel suite at Sofitel New York on the afternoon of May 14. She […]

In today’s Republican Party, the truth shall set you down, and out.

Sometimes, loans simply cannot be paid.

As the GOP presidential field shapes up, it’s become clear that any moderate restraints on the party are now gone.

The American people will be in a funk until we fix the economy.

After the 2008 election, conservatives learned to talk about race and gender — but not race and gender equality.