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4 dangerous Bush administration policies that have only gotten worse
Karen J. Greenberg
While Obama made good on his promise to end torture, other relics of the Bush years remain ingrained in government
American children slightly less obese: Good news, but not good enough
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A dip in the obesity rate is encouraging -- but we're still bigger and unhealthier than ever
Ted Nugent’s ridiculous fake apology for racism
Katie Halper
He didn't sincerely apologize for his "subhuman mongrel" comments, but you wouldn't know that from the headlines
“Bark”: Lorrie Moore’s polarized America
Daniel D'Addario
In Moore's first collection in 16 years, it's not just people who are damaged -- it's our country
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy slams Bobby Jindal for being “ridiculous”
Elias Isquith
Jindal tried to turn a bipartisan press event into a GOP talking points marathon, but Malloy wasn't amused
Ted Nugent says Obama’s stoking a “power struggle between the different races”
Elias Isquith
The NRA board member is on the defense after being criticized for calling the president a "subhuman mongrel"
Texas Tea Party candidate Chris Mapp won’t apologize for anti-immigrant racial slur
Elias Isquith
Republican Senate hopeful Chris Mapp says that in Texas, using this slur is as "normal as breathing air"
Reparations flow the wrong way: What the right doesn’t understand about slavery
Greg Grandin
Hundreds of years of slave labor shaped western society, and it's still claiming new victims
GOP’s secret idiot? If George P. Bush is its future, the party’s in trouble
Alex Pareene
Dubya's nephew is running for office, and is Rand Paul's expert on Hispanic voters. But his luck may be running out
Michele Bachmann’s political analysis is moronic — and the Republican Party knows it
Matt Bruenig
No, white guilt didn't elect Obama -- it was the non-white vote. That's why the GOP's trying to quash it
Paul Krugman won’t save us: We need a new conversation about inequality
Thomas Frank
Democrats are scared of class. But issues like inequality are why liberals exist, and talk can't be left to elites
From Puritans to Ken Ham: The long history of creationism in America
Jarret Ruminski
Modern-day creationist rhetoric has its roots in the Puritan desire to make America into a "City of God"
Michele Bachmann says Americans “aren’t ready” for a female president
Elias Isquith
The Minnesota congresswoman also claims President Obama was elected because of "guilt"
No truce: At least 70 reportedly killed in Kiev
Associated Press
Government snipers opened fire on angry protest crowds as unrest continues
“Where do you get that nonsense?” Jesse Ventura unloads on millionaires, “Duck Dynasty” and drones
Josh Eidelson
Former Minnesota governor sounds off to Salon on taxes, labor and Mandela -- and the 1 member of Congress he likes
Marco Rubio is angry because Obama apologized to a professor of art history
Elias Isquith
This will surely win over the Tea Party before Rubio's big 2016 presidential run!
The right’s hopes are dashed: Why there’s no civil war among Democrats
Joan Walsh
Hacks and pundits are desperately seeking conflict between the Warren and Clinton “camps.” Democrats shouldn't help
Vietnam whitewash! How the Pentagon is trying to water down history
Nick Turse
An initiative to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the war is selectively choosing which facts to tell
GOP’s pitiful, non-existent agenda: Can these cowards win by failing?
Brian Beutler
Republicans are already giving up on legislating in '14. Here's why they think they can win while offering nothing
8 worst right-wing moments of the week — Ted Cruz’s “weeping heart” edition
Janet Allon
America's nuttiest senator is very upset about gay marriage, while Rush Limbaugh loses it over Michael Sam
What’s the defining artwork of the Obama years?
Daniel D'Addario
From "Django Unchained" to "Breaking Bad," what will remind us of his presidency years from now?
Rocking in the Oval Office: 17 catchy songs about presidents
Noah Berlatsky
Neil Young, James Brown and more celebrate (or slam) our heads of state
Ted Cruz just doomed the GOP — but not in the way you think
Brian Beutler
He won a small battle with his debt limit gambit, but also made the GOP's extortion tactics much harder. Here's why
Hillary and Obama: Can they stand each other?
Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes
As 2016 nears, the amazing story of how Clinton and Obama united -- and how her aides explained her '08 collapse
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