Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such nations as pre-Arab Spring Tunisia and Egypt when measured by degrees of income inequality. Eric Alterman arabbarelydegree share on social
I am deeply devoted to the 27,000 songs I can take anywhere on my iPod Classic as well as the exquisitely engineered MacBook Air on which I typed this column. Eric Alterman 000airclassic Change image and share on social
More and more, Democrats are starting to worry they that they have a more um, colorful version of Jimmy Carter on their hands. Obama acts cool as a proverbial cucumber but that awful '70s show seems frightfully close to a rerun. Eric Alterman 70sactawful share on social
American journalists tend to treat inequality as a fact of life. But it needn't be. Eric Alterman americanfactinequality Change image and share on social
Liberals believe that they can't get a fair shake from the media anymore. Eric Alterman anymorefairliberal Change image and share on social
Most of the provisions designed to fix what ails our health system don't kick in until 2014, which, one wishes administration officials had noticed, is two years after he has to win an election. Eric Alterman administrationaildesign Change image and share on social
We live in a media world simultaneously obsessed with technology and personality. Eric Alterman livemediumobsess Change image and share on social
Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment. Eric Alterman accomplishmentargumentbig Change image and share on social
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do. Eric Alterman historypatternpolitical Change image and share on social
Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan's true legacy, as I noted in 'The Nation' back in 2000, before the current right-wing mania for President Reagan gained its full force. Eric Alterman backcurrentevidence share on social
