November/December 2010 Issue

WATCH: When Sarah Palin Attacks [Cartoon]

The GOP giantess takes back America—by force!


The cover for our Attack on the Middle Class package is, we think, a monstrously funny take on the poster for the classic B-movie Attack of the 50-Ft Woman. Our editors talk about the cover here. But first, watch the cartoon:

 

READ ALSO: THE REST OF THIS SPECIAL REPORT

Editors' Note: The Long Con

The Long Con

Attention tea partiers: The head you’re putting on the chopping block may be your own.

By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery

Attack on the Middle Class!!

Attack on the Middle Class!!

First they came after your paycheck. Then your house. What’s next?

By James K. Galbraith

Will Obama Put Up a Fight?

Will Obama Put Up a Fight?

How Obama lost control of the economic message.

By David Corn

Invasion of the Brain-Devouring Platitudes

Invasion of the Brain-Devouring Platitudes

Five election-year memes I never want to hear again. Ever.

By Kevin Drum

Adventures of Unemployed Man Cartoon

Adventures of Unemployed Man

Quick, free marketeers! Deploy the social safety net!

By Erich Origen and Gan Golan

 

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