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Time for Big Green to Go Fossil Free

Not all environmental organizations are trying to wean themselves from fossil fuel investments.

by Naomi Klein

The Green Groups With Dirty Investments »
Obama: Walk Your Talk on Guantánamo

As the hunger strike approaches its 100th day on May 17, 100 prisoners are refusing food.

by the Editors

Take Action: Tell Obama to Close Guantánamo Now »
Hey, FDA: Drop the Plan B Age Restriction

We can’t let our discomfort with teen sex trump young people’s right to reproductive healthcare.

by Jessica Valenti

Chloe Angyal: A Pill for Equal Abortion Access »
How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank

Battalions of regulatory lawyers burrowed deep in the federal bureaucracy to foil reform.

by Gary Rivlin

Greg Kaufmann: Keeping Banks Accountable »
The Case for Ethical Fashion

Rana Plaza was a disaster waiting to happen. It's time for large fashion companies to take a stand.

by Elizabeth Cline

William Greider: The Bangladeshi Blood on America’s Hands »
With Friends Like These: On Pakistan

Ahmed Rashid’s gloomy, essential account of the divisive US-Pakistan alliance.

by Christian Parenti

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Eye on the Pyramids (Part 1: How It Works)

Rick Perlstein

Posted on May 2, 2013

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Lessons to Learn From Arizona's New Gun Laws

Mychal Denzel Smith

Posted on May 2, 2013

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Stop-and-Frisk Under Fire

Nation in the News

Posted on May 2, 2013

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May Day in NYC: Youth and Immigrant Rights Activists Demand Reform

Allison Kilkenny

Posted on May 2, 2013

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Robert Jay Lifton: How, and Why, the Media Have Failed on Drone War

Greg Mitchell

Posted on May 2, 2013

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President Obama: Close Guantánamo Bay

Take Action

Posted on May 1, 2013

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As Maine Goes… a Bipartisan Call to Overturn 'Citizens United'

John Nichols

Posted on May 1, 2013

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Obama Names New FHFA Director

George Zornick

Posted on May 1, 2013

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Hey, FDA: Drop the Plan B Age Restriction

Jessica Valenti

Posted on May 1, 2013

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Barney Frank Talks Common Sense

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Posted on May 1, 2013

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Obama's Choice: Diplomacy or War in Syria

Robert Dreyfuss

Posted on May 1, 2013

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Why Jason Collins Is More Roger Bannister Than Jackie Robinson

Dave Zirin

Posted on May 1, 2013

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With Friends Like These: On Pakistan (Foreign Policy, Books & Arts, Covert Ops, US Wars and Military Action, World)

Ahmed Rashid’s gloomy, essential account of the divisive US-Pakistan alliance.

Christian Parenti

Post-White? On 'Blues for Smoke' (Books & Arts, Fine Art)

The Whitney’s adventurous, awkward attempt to explore abstract art through the blues.

Barry Schwabsky

A Professional Victim: On Ira B. Arnstein (Books & Arts, Music, Lawsuits)

How music plagiarism ruined a composer’s career and literally drove him mad.

Caleb Crain

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Stop-and-Frisk Under Fire

Dave Zirin: Welcome to the Jason Collins Era

Dave Zirin: Why Did Steubenville Renew the Football Coach's Contract?

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The Case for Ethical Fashion

As I saw on a reporting trip to Bangladesh, Rana Plaza was a disaster waiting to happen.

Elizabeth Cline

Turning Point for Britain's Labour Party (World Leaders, World)

Jon Cruddas, who’s now leading a comprehensive policy review, says he wants to renew the party’s roots in English radicalism.

D.D. Guttenplan

From Soy to Sex: Why 'Natural' Often Means Bad for Women (Gender Issues, Reproductive Rights)

A throwback is just that, even if it is shrouded in organic hemp cloth.

Jessica Valenti

MoMA's Demolition Derby (Architecture)

In defiance of its mission to preserve important works, the Museum of Modern Art has decided to raze the Folk Art building.

Barry Schwabsky

Buddhist Violence in Burma (Religion, World)

Buddhism is marked by concern for the welfare of all “sentient” creatures. But when it is harnessed to ethnic intolerance and extreme nationalism, it can turn violent.

Barbara Crossette

Google's Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets (Civil Rights Activism, Covert Ops, US Intelligence, The Constitution)

Search engine executives warn about invasive government surveillance, but the digital arms trade begins with their own technologies.

Robert Scheer

Inside America's Dirty Wars (War and Peace, Covert Ops, Law, US Wars and Military Action)

How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.

Jeremy Scahill

How Sequestration Hurts the Homeless (Housing and Homelessness)

An already-bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.

Greg Kaufmann

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