View image | gettyimages.com Posted by guest-blogger Amanda Teuscher The past couple weeks have been a bit of a mixed bag in the debate about climate change and environmental policy. On April 1, Governor Jerry Brown imposed water restrictions on California for the first time-a 25 percent usage reduction meant to alleviate the state’s historic […]
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Raising Wages From the Bottom Up
Three ways city and state governments can make the difference.
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The Insane Logic Underlying Republican Opposition to the Iran Deal
View image | gettyimages.com Republicans are, naturally, united in their opposition to the preliminary deal the Obama administration struck with Iran to restrain its nuclear program. And now, the presidential candidates in particular are going to compete with each other to see who can make their opposition more categorical. They’re all criticizing it, of course, […]
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This Is No Time for Liberals to Give Up on Israel
Because of Netanyahu’s bellicosity—and Republican support for it—it’s now possible in Washington to argue about Israel. With so much at stake, liberals must.
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Get Ready For the Munich Analogies
Wikimedia Commons If the negotiators from the U.S. and other nations succeed in getting an agreement to restrain Iran’s nuclear program, Republicans will of course object that the deal is terrible and gives away the store to the Ayatollahs. We know this because they’ve been saying that for months, even though they don’t actually know […]
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Trey Gowdy’s Bad Benghazi Hand
He can’t bring himself to fold and toss his cards into the muck.
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Photo of the Day, Tiny Adorable Scientists Edition
View image | gettyimages.com President Obama meets with some six-year-old Girl Scouts who participated in the White House science fair. They designed an electric page-turner to help people who are paralyzed or have arthritis to read. Also they’re adorable, though in and of itself that isn’t enough to get you invited to the White House. […]
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3 Trends Driving Liberal American Jews Away From Israel
Netanyahu’s re-election—and the way in which he won it—is but one touchstone of a crisis of the spirit.
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U.S. Pipeline Industry Quietly Building Network That ‘Dwarfs Keystone’
One pipeline is nothing compare to what’s in store.
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Fear Wins: Israeli Elections, the Morning After
Netanyahu sacrificed Israel’s democratic principles and its relations with the U.S. to win another term as prime minister.