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Debt Ceiling 101
By Christen Simeral and Veronica Beebe
April 28, 2011 | web only

GOP Front-Runners on the Debt Ceiling
By Jamelle Bouie
April 27, 2011 | web only

The Republicans' Doomsday Device
By Paul Waldman
April 25, 2011 | web only

Ben Bernanke Makes History, Not News

Ben Bernanke Makes History, Not News
Matthew Yglesias
April 27, 2011 | web only

At the first-ever press conference by a sitting head of the Fed, reporters asked all but the most important question.

Also, Mike Konczal on the big takeaway.

Debt Ceiling 101
By Christen Simeral and Veronica Beebe
April 28, 2011 | web only
Wait, what is this debt ceiling thing, anyway?

Dodging Bad CEOs
By Harold Meyerson
April 25, 2011 | web only
Two of L.A.'s storied institutions let the public down.

Roberts and Alito Speak Softly but Carry a Big Gavel
By Scott Lemieux
April 21, 2011 | web only
Liberals used to think Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia were the scariest justices on the Court. Then came George W. Bush's appointees.

Getting Away With Murder on Long Island
By Nancy Goldstein
April 21, 2011 | web only
The press, the police -- and the killer(s) who dump women's bodies along Ocean Parkway

A Broad-Based Solution to Our Energy Problem
By Ben Adler
April 20, 2011 | web only
The real solution to our oil-consumption problem won't be solved by energy policy.

Benching Minority Judges
By Pema Levy
April 27, 2011 | web only
The motion to vacate a gay judge's ruling in the Proposition 8 case isn't just homophobic. It could open minority judges up to challenges in all kinds of cases.

Q&A;: Googly-Eyed
By Christen Simeral
April 22, 2011 | web only
Steven Levy talks about the view from inside the world of Google.

Why Immigration Reform Is Going Nowhere
By Gabriel Arana
April 21, 2011 | web only
Obama needs to treat immigration as more than just a national-security issue.

Submitting to the Christian Right
By Sarah Posner
April 20, 2011 | web only
The press ignores the influence of religious conservatives on Republican lawmakers bent on curbing the rights of American women.

Deporting the Lowest-Level Offenders
By Aswini Anburajan
April 19, 2011 | web only
Newly released records show how often immigration officials deport people for minor offenses.

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The Voucher Revival
April 18, 2011 | web only
Pema Levy
Conservative efforts to bring vouchers back to the District just highlight how much such programs have fallen out of favor.

Absolutely Intended to Be a Factual Column
April 18, 2011 | web only
Paul Waldman
It takes satire to hold a lying politician accountable.
Tales From the Stoop
April 16, 2011 | web only
Ben Adler

A new book on the history of Brownstone Brooklyn busts the myths that lure gentrifiers in.

A Liberal's Guide to Middle Earth
April 15, 2011
Adam Serwer
HBO's new show Game of Thrones goes beyond the black and white of good versus evil and delves into the gray.
 
 

Forgetting Slavery
By Jamelle Bouie
April 13, 2011 | web only
A new poll shows that many Americans, especially young ones, misunderstand the cause of the Civil War.

The Maximalist Supreme Court
By Scott Lemieux
April 13, 2011 | web only
What's the difference between "minimalist" conservative justices and the fundamentalists if they always come to the same conclusions?

Fighting Back
By Liza Featherstone
April 13, 2011
What the unions have learned -- and what they may still need to learn -- about fighting Wal-Mart's expansion

A New Union Contract
By Jim Grossfeld
April 12, 2011
While public-sector unions fight for survival, Bob King proposes to rebuild the United Auto Workers for a new, and more vexing, century.

Life on the List
By Steve Yoder
April 12, 2011
Does publicly posting names of convicted sex offenders actually reduce the number of sexual offenses?



Debt Ceiling 101
Christen Simeral and Veronica Beebe | web only
Wait, what is this debt ceiling thing, anyway?

Benching Minority Judges
Pema Levy | web only
The motion to vacate a gay judge's ruling in the Proposition 8 case isn't just homophobic. It could open minority judges up to challenges in all kinds of cases.

Dodging Bad CEOs
Harold Meyerson | web only
Two of L.A.'s storied institutions let the public down.

Q&A;: Googly-Eyed
Christen Simeral | web only
Steven Levy talks about the view from inside the world of Google.

Roberts and Alito Speak Softly but Carry a Big Gavel
Scott Lemieux | web only
Liberals used to think Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia were the scariest justices on the Court. Then came George W. Bush's appointees.

A Slap on the Wrist for Mortgage Fraud
By David Dayen
April 15, 2011 | web only
A new enforcement order from federal regulators basically leaves it up to banks to monitor for themselves how they process mortgages.

Rewriting History on Iraq
By Veronica Beebe
April 15, 2011 | web only
Donald Rumsfeld, memoir in tow, is using public support for popular uprisings in the Middle East to make the case for Bush's intervention in Iraq.

China's Trade Deficit
By Matthew Yglesias
April 14, 2011 | web only
Why increasing oil prices are a big problem for China, and for us.

Good Poetry, Blah Prose
By Harold Meyerson
April 14, 2011 | web only
Obama offered an impassioned defense of liberal values in yesterday's speech, but the specifics were far less inspiring.

The Military's Bad Medicine
By Keith Humphreys and Harold Pollack
April 14, 2011 | web only
The military's outdated view on drug-addiction treatment leaves soldiers and their families suffering.

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1.

 
war on the poor
GOP cites flimsy reasons for cutting SNAP
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rapidly and efficiently provides cash for food for impoverished Americans. Naturally, Republicans are citing "dependency" and "waste" as reasons to transform the program in the middle of a recession.
Read the full story at The New Republic

2.
education predators
Senate investigates for-profit colleges
For-profit universities, which extract thousands of dollars from students earning useless degrees, also receive rich federal subsidies. Senate Democrats are starting to investigate.
Read the full story at The Washington Independent

3.
foreign policy
Obama doctrine "consequentialist"
Tumultuous world events have convinced the administration to find some compromise between realist and idealist foreign policy, but a grand strategy of foreign policy has simply not emerged.
Read the full story at The New Yorker

4.
religious politics
Will the Christian left challenge the evangelical right?
Miserly policy outcomes from new Republican majorities do not sit well with the tenets of charity in Christianity, and Jim Wallis sees an opportunity to organize Christians from the left.
Read the full story at Salon

5.
conspiracy politics
Are Democrats responsible for birtherism?
Ben Smith and Byron Tau argue that the birther "movement" didn't take off until the Obama campaign presented evidence of Obama's citizenship -- at which point cries of forgery elevated birtherism to a full-blown conspiracy theory.
Read the full story at Politico

6.
health-care reform
Louisiana governor pushes state health-care privatization
State employees relying on a state agency that manages health insurance will be forced onto the private market if Gov. Bobby Jindal succeeds in quietly privatizing the program.
Read the full story at Talking Points Memo

7.
progressive politics
Benjamin Wallace-Wells profiles Paul Krugman
The most prominent liberal public figure in America embodies the isolationism that comes with realizing America is rapidly degenerating into a new Gilded Age.
Read the full story at New York Magazine

8.
gender politics
Anxiety product of nurture, not nature
That women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety has little to do with biology and more with assumptions that we should coddle girls while teaching boys to overcome aversion.
Read the full story at Slate

9.
2012 election
Ron Paul to announce exploratory committee
The insurgent candidate of 2008 will take a third shot at the White House, entering the field after New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, another long-shot libertarian candidate.
Read the full story at Slate

10.
war on unions
Well-organized machine behind union-busting efforts
Organized labor is being assaulted across the country by empowered Republicans who are the instruments of a network of state-level right-wing think tanks and wealthy business interests.
Read the full story at Mother Jones