By Frank Rich
Every week, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich talks with contributor Eric Benson about the biggest stories in politics and culture. This week: The GOP shuts down the government over Obamacare, Senator Ted Cruz tries to become … Read more »
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is expected to sue North Carolina on Monday over its restrictive new voting law, further escalating the Obama administration’s efforts to restore a stronger federal role in protecting minority voters after the … Read more »
By Bernie Sanders, Guardian UK
Obamacare’s reforms are a welcome but small step. To give all Americans healthcare as a right, we need a fair, efficient solution
I start my approach to healthcare from two very basic premises. First, healthcare … Read more »
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
By midnight on Tuesday, the leadership failure of Speaker John Boehner was complete. By encouraging the impossible quest of House Republicans to dismantle health care reform, he pushed the country into a government shutdown that will … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
This may be the way the world ends — not with a bang but with a temper tantrum.
O.K., a temporary government shutdown — which became almost inevitable after Sunday’s House vote to provide government funding only … Read more »
By Hilary Hylton, TIME Magazine
30 September 13
Rain has been scarce in South Texas, where the oil and gas boom is depleting precious aquifers.
In summer, the bison on Thunderheart Ranch opt for the feathery shade of a mesquite … Read more »
by Jon Favreau
They’re threatening an economic shutdown that will cause financial hardship and even ruin for millions of Americans. So let’s call these House Republicans what they are, says Jon Favreau.
The most terrifying speech I ever wrote for … Read more »
By Xerces Society
A report released this week by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation moves the spotlight from the risks neonicotinoids pose to bees to the impacts of neonicotinoids to invertebrates such as earthworms or lady beetles.
Beyond the … Read more »
By CHARLES M. BLOW
Delay and defund. And default.
That is the House Republicans’ brilliant plan in their last-ditch effort to block implementation of the Affordable Care Act. It is a plan that threatens to grind the government to a … Read more »
By Natasha Lennard, Salon
The biotech rider, initially sneaked into temporary budget bill, will be allowed to expire
Following outrage and activism from food safety advocates, the so-called “Monsanto Protection Act” will now be removed from the new spending bill … Read more »
