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The Handful of White People Who Choose Your Presidential Candidates

The Handful of White People Who Choose Your Presidential Candidates

Iowa and New Hampshire voters are supposedly better informed because they get to meet the presidential candidates in person. They aren’t. 

Posted January 1, 2012

Beyond Pink vs. Blue

Beyond Pink vs. Blue

Why gendered toys really matter: they influence the careers kids choose later on.

Posted December 30, 2011

Marginalizing Ron Paul

Marginalizing Ron Paul

On the economy, war and peace, and civil liberties, Paul has made the most sense of the Republican candidates.

Posted December 29, 2011

Books and the Arts

In 11/22/63, Stephen King conveys the horrors of American exceptionalism.

A case of scientific misconduct at Harvard.

Hopes for reform in Burma are starting to be fulfilled, but skepticism of its rulers is still warranted.

News and Analysis

Huntsman is skipping Iowa to campaign in New Hampshire because he appeals to moderate Republicans. But is he even really a moderate? 

Mass demonstrations in Moscow and dozens of other cities have been the most striking display of grassroots activism since the early 1990s.

Russian flag

Instead of a new era of democracy, disarmament and interdependence, we have had unchecked militarism and economic crisis.

USSR flag

Twenty years later, questions endure about how and why the nation abruptly dissolved.

Bans on recording devices and Internet access and other arbitrary rules are preventing the public from witnessing this historic trial.

Andrew Cuomo

Contrary to the spin, New York’s new tax plan privileges millionaires at the expense of the 99 percent.

Communist supporters, Russia

Ever since 1991, Russians have been looking to the Soviet past for comfort and pride.

Dollar bills

At Occupy Wall Street, an unlikely mix of students, vets, bankers, regulators and academics are planning alternative financial institutions—including an Occupy bank.

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