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Grand bargain extortion?: Liberals fear Social Security cuts are coming
Josh Eidelson
Liberal House members tell Salon they're worried "Chained CPI" could end up on the table. Here's what it would mean
Eight dead in Tennessee bus crash
Travis Loller, Mitch Weiss, Steve Megargee
The victims belonged to a tight-knit seniors group
Aryan Brotherhood leader sentenced to 30 years
Bill Morlin
Charles Lee "Jive" Roberts plead guilty in May to “conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise"
Texas fundamentalists want to teach Garden of Eden in science class
Amanda Marcotte
Fundamentalists on the state school board can force textbook publishers to rewrite entire portions of their texts
The right’s new lie about its shutdown intentions
Brian Beutler
Ted Cruz and co. now claim this dispute is about veterans and reservists. Here's why no one should believe them
“I’m an instrument that will avenge”: The stories of women who fight back
Soraya Chemaly
Our culture celebrates male vigilantes, but harshly punishes women who fight back against those who harm them
Vladimir Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Prachi Gupta
A Russian activist group says he “actively promotes settlement of all conflicts arising on the planet."
The opposite of “death panels”: How the ACA could lead to a better way of dying
Mary Elizabeth Williams
With more Americans insured, the Death With Dignity movement could get a surprise boost
Greenlight’s Einhorn says Vodafone ‘attractive’ target for AT&T
SCOTT MORITZ
The hedge-fund manager says AT&T mights have its eye on the British phone company Vodafone.
Studying mummies could cure modern diseases
Roxanne Khamsi
They suffered from similar diseases as we do today
Shutdown has halted Obama’s $100M BRAIN initiative
SHAUNACY FERRO
You don't have to be a neuroscientist to wonder if that was a good idea
This week’s other huge (but little-noticed) fight: Wall Street’s newest scheme
Harold Pollack
While we're all distracted, a quiet battle this week could seriously affect your finances. Here's what's at stake
With public money, private company paid to put security cameras around Brooklyn
Natasha Lennard
Following the abduction and brutal death of an 8 year old, the privacy breaching measure passed
Anonymous vs. Scientology
Curt Hopkins
Members of the hacktivist organization allege that church leadership is using Craigslist to recruit
Myanmar Muslims hide amid deadly sectarian clashes
Khin Maung Win
Buddhist mobs have been attacking Muslims in the Asian nation
19 government decisions as stupid as the shutdown
News Desk
Foolish, self-destructive behavior isn't the sole purview of the US. Several global correspondents weigh in
Reaching for the pillars: The conservative plan is sabotage
Thomas Frank
Direct assaults on government fail because people want a secure retirement and education. So the right fights dirty
The tragic case of Palestinian-Syrian refugees
Miriam Berger
Politics and legal loopholes have left Palestinian-Syrian refugees among the most vulnerable in the region.
Obamacare’s next real fight comes in 2014
Richard Kirsch
Progressives will need to get new enrollees and their communities to stand by the legislation at mid term elections
Generation X’s journey from jaded to sated
Whitney Collins
Boomers cry "More, more, more!" and Millennials whine “Me, me, me!” But Gen Xers know when to say "Meh"
Blame the Constitution for this mess
Alex Pareene
Our system of government gives opposition parties the power to cause crises. Why wouldn't they use that power?
Manufacturing in U.S. expands, surpassing expectations
JEANNA SMIALEK
Economists predict that factories will produce a bigger boost to the economy that initially expected.
Can a new app change how we text?
Lydia Dishman
CoTap wants to change the way we communicate at work
Tony Kushner: Ego-anarchists are destroying America
Tom Jacobs
The Pulitzer-prize winning playwright on government shutdowns, Occupy Wall Street and Obama's greatness
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