All older articles that appeared in this section through December 31, 2012 can be found in our archives. Starting in 2013 we will no longer be archiving articles in this section.

Your cellphone is killing you: What people don’t want you to know about electromagnetic fields
The industry doesn't want to admit it, but the science is becoming clearer: Sustained EMF exposure is dangerous
By Martin Blank

America’s next great president: Why Obama’s departure paves the way for the next FDR
History explains the real differences between Obama and our liberal icons. Who will be the 21st century version?
By Michael Lind

Let them eat McMansions! The 1 percent, income inequality, and new-fashioned American excess
We have sprawl, wars over cheap gas, stagnant wages and longer hours because your boss wants this awful, ugly house
By Thomas Frank
"The McMansion exists to separate and then celebrate the people who are wealthier than everybody else; this is the transcendent theme on which its crazy, discordant architectural features come harmonically together."

The Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program That Wasn't
By Gareth Porter
"The Obama administration's brazen suggestion that it was indicting an individual for exporting U.S. products to a company that has been involved in Iran's "nuclear weapons program" is simply a new version of the same linguistic trick used by the Bush administration."

Why We Need Media Critics Who Are Fiercely Independent
By Norman Solomon
"But on the whole, the media critics boosted by big media -- inward-facing ombudspersons and outward-facing journalists on a media beat -- have been conformists who don't step outside the shadows cast by the institutions paying their salaries."

Fox News hates science: How the media misrepresents “authority”
Pundits love to trot out scientists to advance their agendas, accuracy be damned. Exhibit A: you guessed it
By Anuj Rastogi
"Fox News, which, according to new data released this week, only presents accurate information on climate change 28 percent of the time. The rest of the time, the network’s hosts are prone to offer a misleading characterization of scientific authority in order to create a false narrative of doubt around global warming."

NSA Blows Its Own Top Secret Program in Order to Propagandize
By Glenn Greenwald
"What is so extraordinary is that the NSA–at exactly the same time it is telling news organizations that disclosing its collect-it-all activities will endanger its personnel–runs to its favorite L.A. Times reporter and does exactly that, for no reason other than to make itself look good and to justify these activities."

Why US fracking companies are licking their lips over Ukraine
From climate change to Crimea, the natural gas industry is supreme at exploiting crisis for private gain -- what I call the shock doctrine
By Naomi Klein
"The way to beat Vladimir Putin is to flood the European market with fracked-in-the-USA natural gas, or so the industry would have us believe."

AFRICOM Goes to War on the Sly
U.S. Officials Talk Candidly (Just Not to Reporters) about Bases, Winning Hearts and Minds, and the “War” in Africa
By Nick Turse
"What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things -- especially when it comes to the U.S. military in Africa."

"War-Wise" Skepticism Prevailed on Syria
By Nat Parry

John Roberts didn’t “save” Obamacare — he gutted it
Time to stop saying he "upheld" healthcare reform. He could have killed it more, yes, but here's what he really did
By Jim Newell
"All this good news about the success of the Medicaid expansion for the states that did accept it only amplifies the damage done by the states that didn’t – again, a choice offered to them by the so-called heroic savior of Obamacare, Saint John Roberts."

The left’s “Muhammad Ali” strategy: What it takes to beat the Kochs’ Obamacare attacks
Right-wing billionaires are rushing the airwaves with lies about Obamacare. Can a late surge really save Democrats?
By HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
"But why aren’t the Democratic-affiliated PACs running ads in all those states featuring stories of people who’ve been helped by Obamacare?"

Washington Is Humanity's Worst Enemy
By Paul Craig Roberts
"How does Washington get away with the claim that the country it rules is a democracy and has freedom?"

The revolution starts here: Why the fight against climate change needs to begin where we live
A new report on climate change demonstrates the urgent need to change how we think about cities
By Lindsay Abrams

The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies
By Chris Hedges
"Our financial system -- like our participatory democracy -- is a mirage."

Our Corrupt Supreme Court
By Andrew Schmookler
"But here comes John Roberts and his majority -- Republican appointees every one of them -- telling us with a straight face that there is no problem of corruption (or even its appearance) unless there's outright bribery."

In the Middle East, Time to Move On
By THE NYT EDITORIAL BOARD
"It is time for the administration to lay down the principles it believes must undergird a two-state solution, should Israelis and Palestinians ever decide to make peace."

Facts just killed the Obamacare haters: How the lunatics finally lost all credibility
Previously, Republican lawmakers' hysteria was taken seriously. But in the face of stunning data, it's a new day
By Jim Newell

“We are in great danger”: Ex-banker details how mega-banks destroyed America
"The power has only been more consolidated," warns Goldman Sachs veteran Nomi Prins in an interview with Salon
By JOSH EIDELSON

What's the Matter with John Kerry?
By Robert Parry
"But which Kerry would show up? The young Kerry who recognized how belligerent talk and playing with facts could end up getting lots of innocent people killed or the older Kerry who had trimmed his sails and learned to go with the prevailing winds, regardless of the dangers to the world?"

Most U.S. Voters Prefer Politicians Who Disagree with Their Values and Policies. Why?
By Eric Zuesse

Veterans and White Supremacy
By KATHLEEN BELEW
"The report singled out one factor that has fueled every surge in Ku Klux Klan membership in American history, from the 1860s to the present: war. The return of veterans from combat appears to correlate more closely with Klan membership than any other historical factor."

The Deepwater Horizon Threat
By S. ELIZABETH BIRNBAUM and JACQUELINE SAVITZ
"The risk of another blowout is real. Offshore wells have lost control several times in the past year."

5 stunning revelations from Senate report exposing CIA torture
The official inquiry has not been published, but leaked details reveal systematic abuses of power and human rights
By ALEX KANE

Deadbeat on the Range
By Timothy Egan
"Bundy runs his cattle on our land — that is, turf owned by every citizen."

Cliven Bundy steals from America: The scary return to a West where guns — not law — rule
Fox News has a dangerous new hero. He's harming public lands and taxpayers, and proving the need for grazing reform
By TRAVIS BRUNER AND GRETA ANDERSON

How to Run on Health Reform
By THE NYT EDITORIAL BOARD

Cliven Bundy’s ailing America: What a wingnut rancher’s rise says about our waning democracy
As our democracy continues to crumble, here's why anti-government zealots are gaining more attention -- and favor
By Elias Isquith
"So long as America is an oligarchy run by insiders like Larry Summers, the pull of angry and populist libertarianism will not slacken and the view of the federal government as an alien usurper will not fade. Cliven Bundy is just the beginning."

Why climate deniers are winning: The twisted psychology that overwhelms scientific consensus
There's a reason why overwhelming evidence hasn't spurred public action against global warming
By Paul Rosenberg

Reaganomics killed America’s middle class
This country's fate was sealed when our government slashed taxes on the rich back in 1980
By THOM HARTMANN

If Only the Bundy Ranch Mob Had Been Black and Playing in a Treehouse
By Tommy Christopher
"What’s really striking about this incident, though, is the likely outcome if those hundreds of armed protesters had, instead, been unarmed black 11 year-olds playing in a treehouse."

What John Kerry Really Did in Vietnam
by JEFFREY ST. CLAIR

U.S. right wing extremists more deadly than jihadists
By Peter Bergen and David Sterman
"In fact, since 9/11 extremists affiliated with a variety of far-right wing ideologies, including white supremacists, anti-abortion extremists and anti-government militants, have killed more people in the United States than have extremists motivated by al Qaeda's ideology."

America’s Homegrown Terror
Plagued by poor infrastructure, climate denialism, and a patchwork of unregulated fracking wells and nuclear waste sites, the U.S. is poised to topple itself with self-inflicted wounds.
By Emanuel Pastreich and John Feffer
"The United States currently lacks safety protocols and effective inspection regimes for the dangerous materials it has amassed over the last 60 years. We don’t have enough inspectors and regulators to engage in the work of assessing the safety and security of ports, bridges, pipelines, power plants, and railways."

Yes He Can, on Immigration
By THE NYT EDITORIAL BOARD
"If President Obama means what he says about wanting an immigration system that reflects American values, helps the economy and taps the yearnings of millions of Americans-in-waiting, he is going to have to do something about it — soon and on his own."

GOP’s woman-haters club swells: Why their hatred is actually getting worse
From Christie to Limbaugh the right's view of women is steeped in the 18th century. It may finally catch up to them
Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

The Crucible of Iraq
By Chris Hedges
"'The Corpse Exhibition: And Other Stories of Iraq,' by Hassan Blasim, is the most important book to come out of the Iraq War....By the end of this short-story collection the reader grasps, in a way no soldier's memoir or journalistic account from Iraq can explicate, the crucible of war and the unmitigated horror of violence itself. The book is a masterpiece."

How to Silence the Israeli Right
By Shmuel Rosner
"Last month, the American billionaire Sheldon Adelson bought a small, right-wing religious newspaper in Israel, Makor Rishon, for 17 million shekels, about $5 million."

Is Charles Koch "Un-American"? Let Thomas Jefferson Decide
By Richard (RJ) Eskow
"While Jefferson rejected the aristocracy of money, the Koch brothers have taken the lead in organizing it."

Seymour Hersh Does It Again! Killing in the name of
By Michael Collins
"Hersh's sources claim that Denis McDonough, Obama chief of staff, made sure that President Obama was unaware of intelligence implicating Turkey in chemical weapons production and use by Syrian rebels, according to Hersh's sources."

How Many Watch Lists Fit on the Head of a Pin?
Post-Constitutional America, Where Innocence is a Poor Defense
By Peter Van Buren
"Ibrahim was no threat to anyone, innocent of everything, and ended up on that list only due to a government mistake. Nonetheless, she was not allowed to reenter the U.S. to finish her studies or even attend her trial and speak in her own defense."

Was Turkey Behind Syrian Sarin Attack?
By Robert Parry
"Last August, the Obama administration lurched to the brink of invading Syria after blaming a Sarin gas attack outside Damascus on President Bashar al-Assad's government, but new evidence -- reported by investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh -- implicates Turkish intelligence and extremist Syrian rebels instead."

Why Inequality Matters and What Can Be Done About It
By Joseph Stiglitz
"We have betrayed one of our most fundamental values. And the result is that we are wasting our most valuable resource, our human resources: millions of those at the bottom are not able to live up to their potential."

Neocons are back — and worse than ever! Debunking their unthinkable new defense
You'd think disastrous failures would shame the Bush-loving neocons into hiding. Here's why they need to go -- now
By FREDDIE DEBOER

Global rankings study: America in warp-speed decline
From access to healthcare and education to gender equality, the U.S. resembles a second-rate nation
By CJ WERLEMAN

Robert Reich: 7 reasons we should raise the minimum wage — to $15 an hour
$10.10 is a nice start, but the truth is it's not enough to lift all workers and their families out of poverty
By ROBERT REICH

5 theocrats in Congress who care more about the Bible than the Constitution
The Secular Coalition for America has releases its congressional report card. These pols' grades aren't pretty
By DAN AREL

Benghazi: ‘The Administration Has Won’
By JULIET LAPIDOS

Thank you for talking about inequality — but we’re all doing it wrong!
Everyone talks about a "gap" between rich and poor as if that will move voters. Here's what research says instead
By ANAT SHENKER-OSORIO
"When most everyone considers him or herself a 'have' – because the alternative is an appellation too reviled to claim – hearing there’s a division between them and some non-existent other is no big deal."

Barack Obama pulls a George W. Bush: Lies, misinformation and chemical weapons
Remember the almost-war in Syria last year? An amazing new report -- which our media won't touch -- is a must read
By PATRICK L. SMITH
"In less than a year, the Obama administration has mounted four covert coup operations, all variants of the classic Cold War model, all costly of human life, all assuring us the contempt and animosity of many people for years to come."

The right’s new climate change lie: It’s all the scientists’ fault
Conservative hucksters argue scientists are politicizing their work. They're wrong -- and climate change is real
By DALE JAMIESON
"As we will see, the politicization of science by a handful of climate change deniers and their patrons is extremely well documented, and continues to be a major obstacle to the United States adopting effective climate policy."

With McCutcheon Ruling, An Activist Court Opts for Full-On Plutocracy
By John Nichols
"Any doubts about the determination of an activist United States Supreme Court to rewrite election rules so that the dollar matters more than the vote were removed Wednesday, when McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission was decided in favor of the dollar."

What’s good for Wal-Mart isn’t good for America
If unionized workers can't demand a fair share of the nation’s growing economic wealth, we're all doomed
By RICHARD KIRSCH
"When a Walmart opens up, local businesses close. Wages decline throughout the community."

The Senate’s Discourtesy to Judges
By THE NYT EDITORIAL BOARD

Who’s Who in Ukraine’s New “Semi-fascist” Government: Meet the People the U.S. and EU are Supporting
By Brian Becker
"The new, self-appointed government in Kiev is a coalition between right-wing and outright fascist forces, and the line between the two is often difficult to discern."

3 terrible signs that our fossil-fuel addiction is getting worse
When the New York Times starts shilling for fracking and Obama goes soft on BP, you know there's a major problem
By MICHAEL KLARE

A 15-Year Murder Spree
By David Swanson

The right’s day-after freakout: Conservatives fail to grapple with new Obamacare reality
The campaign to discourage Obamacare enrollment failed miserably -- and now the haters don't have a new plan
By BRIAN BEUTLER

10 Things Elizabeth Warren's Consumer Protection Agency Has Done for You
The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is already shielding Americans from shady dealings by mortgage lenders, student loan servicers, and credit card companies.
By Erika Eichelberger

Mr. Ryan’s Faith-Based Budget
By THE NYT EDITORIAL BOARD

GOP’s hideous strategy to survive as the “white party”
Trifecta of voter suppression, despair and gerrymandering means a plan with no new ideas. But also: No new voters!
By JOAN WALSH

8 places that do healthcare better than the U.S.
Monday was the last day to sign up for Obamacare. Maybe now it's time to up and move to France
By JESSICA PHELAN

The Court Follows the Money
By THE NYT EDITORIAL BOARD
"In the court’s most significant campaign-finance ruling since Citizens United in 2010, five justices voted to eliminate sensible and long-established contribution limits to federal political campaigns."

The GOP’s perpetual war drum explained: Why are Republicans so eager for conflict?
From Iraq to the Ukraine: How warmongering has been woven into the party's intellectual DNA
By CJ WERLEMAN

Obamacare politics transformed: Burden of proof now falls on the doomsayers
This week's Obamacare milestone schooled the haters and deniers -- and that's a good thing for the law and nation
By BRIAN BEUTLER

All older articles that appeared in this section through December 31, 2012 can be found in our archives. Starting in 2013 we will no longer be archiving articles in this section.