Politics Archive
Archives for January 2015
The French satirical magazine took particular glee in lampooning Islam and Islamic extremists.
Why we need publications like Charlie Hebdo, in one paragraph.
In Paris and beyond, rallies declare “Je suis Charlie” in memory of murdered French journalists
The magazine believed that humor was the best weapon against extremism
Stephane Charbonnier had faced threats for years before Wednesday’s shooting.
“The uptick appears to coincide with the biggest political change of the Obama Administration’s long tenure in Washington: the expectation of a new Republican Congress.”
Could a third party fix the hellscape of fail that is the United States Congress? Ezra Klein explains.
This 2011 “love is stronger than hate” cover perfectly captures its mission — and what its critics get wrong.
Two gunmen went to the wrong office at first. Here’s what someone who works in that office saw and heard.
This graph shows that Obamacare is accomplishing at least one of its main goals: expanding health insurance coverage to millions of Americans.
The Vermont senator pens a blistering letter to the US Trade Representative over the massive TPP trade deal
But will they actually happen?
Republican plan will make the problem it’s supposed to solve worse, but businessmen will profit.
Plus: Bob McDonnell is sentenced to two years in prison, and Obama pledges to veto the GOP’s Keystone XL bill.
From the looks of his new website, this is a big deal to him.