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Southern poverty pimps
Michael Lind
The “original sin” of the Southern political class is cheap, powerless labor
Grand Old Jurassic Party
Steve Erickson
With its focus on ideological purity, the Republican species is pushing itself toward extinction
Marxist terrorism is alive and well in Turkey
Suzanna Koster
The US Embassy bombing has lifted the lid on the country's leftist militants
The white South’s last defeat
Michael Lind
Hysteria, aggression and gerrymandering are a fading demographic's last hope to maintain political control
How Christopher Hitchens proved that nothing is sacred
Kyle Minor
The late author's now-classic "The Missionary Position," a takedown of Mother Teresa, resonates even louder today
50 reasons to boycott the Church
Adam Lee
The Catholic Church has long opposed social progressivism across the world. It's time to take a stand
Why is the left defending Obama?
Matt Stoller
The author's "Progressive case against Obama" stirred strong reactions. He takes on his critics
The progressive case against Obama
Matt Stoller
Bottom line: The president is complicit in creating an increasingly unequal -- and unjust -- society
Slave states vs. free states, 2012
Michael Lind
A century and a half later, we've come full circle: The red-blue state divide falls along Confederate-Union lines
Has America become an oligarchy?
Lewis Lapham
The 2012 presidential campaign will cost close to $2.5 billion dollars -- most of it financed by the obscenely rich
Science fiction’s 2012
Sara Robinson
Twenty-five years ago, a group of scientists and writers offered their visions of today's world. Were they close?
Stop mocking children’s choirs
Steven Hyden
They grant Bono humility and MC Hammer wisdom. Patti Smith and Neil Young use them. So why do rock purists scoff?
Plutocratic vistas: America’s crisis of democracy
George Scialabba
Is the present American national legislature an “exact transcript of the whole society”?
Protectors of Wall Street
Glenn Greenwald
A vital new book from the TARP IG, and yesterday's vote on a Fed audit, reveal some disturbing truths
No, America doesn’t need a national service
Michael Lind
We're always told we need a "national service." But feel-good class-mixing gimmicks are no cure for inequality
The age of illusion: An interview with Chris Hayes
Jake Blumgart
An editor at large from the Nation discusses meritocracy, Occupy Wall Street and the struggle against the elite
Obamacare hater No. 1
Andrew Koppelman
Randy Barnett's main argument against the ACA isn't just against healthcare -- it's against the entire Constitution
The future of whiteness
Michael Lind
Both Republican and Democratic racial politics are doomed. How culture shifts will reshape American ideas on race
Pick of the week: A class-war thriller from Putin’s Russia
Andrew O'Hehir
Pick of the week: A middle-aged wife and mom contemplates the unthinkable in the masterful, mysterious "Elena"
The American character
Glenn Greenwald
Fareed Zakaria warns the war on terror will never end. Obama and Romney still won't debate our surveillance state
America’s real Hunger Games
Rebecca Solnit
Young people are already being sacrificed at the whims of the 1%. Just look at Iraq and Afghanistan
A farewell to superpowers
Pepe Escobar
Our new multipolar world pits major emerging economies like the BRICS, Turkey and Iran against the U.S. and the EU
Who’s buying your TV station?
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
Big media groups stand to make billions on political ads this year. We should at least know who's paying for them
An extraordinary testament from Iran’s most persecuted filmmaker
Andrew O'Hehir
The cinema of America's new No. 1 villain testifies to the country's real-life complexities
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