Politics

America’s split personality: Paranoid superstate and land of equality

From "The Heat" to "White House Down," from Snowden to gay rights, America plays both hero and villain

Andrew O'Hehir Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Politics, U.S. Politics

“White House Down”: Destroying America in order to save it

Channing Tatum saves Jamie Foxx's peacemaking black president from a right-wing coup in "White House Down"

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Jun 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 20
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

From Ike to “The Matrix”: Welcome to the American dystopia

Part Orwellian security state, part Huxley wonderland and part "Matrix," America is three dystopias in one!

Andrew O'Hehir Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 10:30 AM UTC 114
Entertainment Movies, Politics, Surveillance

Deaths exceed births among white Americans for first time ever

Demographers say non-Hispanic whites will be a minority in America by 2050

Katie Mcdonough Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 1:19 PM UTC 75
Life Race, ethnicity, Demographics

Obama’s “Dirty Wars” — and a soiled presidency

Reporter Jeremy Scahill's riveting film helps explain how the "transformational presidency" turned to nightmare

Andrew O'Hehir Sunday, Jun 9, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 130
Entertainment Movies, Documentaries, Politics

How powerful elites divide the rest of us

The split between political junkies and everyone else stifles meaningful activism. Here's how to break out of it

David Sirota Friday, Jun 7, 2013 6:49 PM UTC 12
Business activists, Activism, Politics

College Republicans’ plan for GOP rebranding: Seem tolerant!

The branch of the conservative movement that bred the party's scummiest strategists urges a softer sell

Alex Pareene Monday, Jun 3, 2013 2:15 PM UTC 117
Politics Opening Shot

Class war comes to the multiplex

From magical bank heists to anarchist attacks to Paris Hilton's Manolos, the movies go where "real" politics can't

Andrew O'Hehir Saturday, Jun 1, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 25
Entertainment Movies, Politics, U.S. Politics

Eric Holder is sorry

The attorney general's "remorse," sincere or not, is at least a sign that the administration knows better

Alex Pareene Tuesday, May 28, 2013 4:06 PM UTC 18
Politics Opening Shot, Eric Holder

GOP actually bullies an anti-bullying bill

Minnesota safe schools initiative dies after right balks, and local archdiocese calls it an "Orwellian nightmare"

Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, May 20, 2013 2:52 PM UTC 40
Life LGBT, Bullying, Minnesota

Lax state rules enable attack ads

State-level nonprofits, super PACs fly under the radar

Alan Suderman, Center for Public Integrity Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:01 AM UTC
Politics

How the GOP cast Obama as Gatsby (minus the parties)

He's a flawed, handsome idealist with a puzzling life story, hounded by his enemies as a sinister outsider

Andrew O'Hehir Saturday, May 11, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 33
Entertainment Barack Obama, Politics

Guantánamo: It’s Obama’s disgrace now

Sure, Bush created this nightmare -- but the current hunger-strike crisis stems from Obama's political cowardice

Andrew O'Hehir Saturday, May 4, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 97
News Politics, U.S. Politics

Salman Rushdie writes NYT op-ed on “political courage”

"We find it easier, in these confused times, to admire physical bravery than moral courage," he writes

Jillian Rayfield Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 2:54 PM UTC 15
Politics Salman Rushdie, New York Times

Best of the Salon limerick contest

Part two: A roundup of some of our favorite poetic news items

Alex Halperin Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
News Poetry, Writers and Writing

There is no Gosnell coverup

The horrors and underlying disparities exploited by Kermit Gosnell aren't new -- nor have they been ignored(UPDATE)

Irin Carmon Friday, Apr 12, 2013 4:18 PM UTC 586
News Abortion, Kermit Gosnell

The liberal media’s gift to Mitch McConnell

The unloved Senate minority leader is exploiting that Ashley Judd meeting leak to get a bit of conservative love

Alex Pareene Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 11:46 AM UTC 29
Politics Opening Shot, Mitch McConnell

Thatcher: A female icon, but not a feminist one

It's better to have women in public life, even those with whom we disagree, than no women in public life at all

Irin Carmon Monday, Apr 8, 2013 5:44 PM UTC 53
News Margaret Thatcher

GOP thinks imitating BuzzFeed to raise money is WIN!

One crazy congressional campaign committee that is totally going to win the midterms with listicles

Alex Pareene Friday, Apr 5, 2013 11:45 AM UTC
Business Opening Shot, Politics, BuzzFeed

Spare us your salary sequestration stunts

Obama & co. take small salary dips, as if rich people losing a few bucks takes the sting out of anti-poverty cuts

Alex Pareene Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 32
Politics Opening Shot, Sequestration

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