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Nation contributor Dave Zirin talks about LGBT rights in Russia, the Redskins name change debate and the importance of speaking out on Totally Biasedwith W. Kamau Bell.</p>
The news-leaking website, in possession of a leaked script, offers rebuttals to the film that dramatizes Julian Assange's relationship with former colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg.
Concerted pressure from labor, “alt-labor” community, women’s, immigrants, seniors and disability rights groups made change happen after eighty years. A pledge by candidate Obama and the personal commitment of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis helped too.
Complaining that O’s timing stinks, they declare his presidency pretty much over.
The rules won’t affect current greenhouse gas emissions, but they set a framework for regulating carbon under the Clean Air Act.
Republicans have acknowledged that the health reform programs they intend to defund help save lives.
In the death of a pauperized 83-year-old adjunct professor, a lesson on the long-term consequences of the making of an intellectual proletariat.
Friday’s House vote to fund the government and defund the Affordable Care Act won’t derail healthcare reform, but sabotage might.
The Republican argument in favor of food stamp cuts lives in an alternate reality.
Meanwhile, activists organized a counter-summit to discuss the problems world leaders were unwilling to address.
Eric on the best new play in town; and Reed on problems of process journalism.
The New York Times runs a correction about Navy Yards shooter Aaron Alexis’s attempts to buy an assault rifle, but the central question remains.
Are you having a bad day? It’s probably a feminist’s fault.
Reading through this complicated history in our pages, one sees how much has gone wrong between the two countries, but also how much could be set right.
The new Census data on poverty doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know--nothing will change without a formidable political movement.
In a remarkable interview, Pope Francis calls for a “new balance” on issues such as abortion and LGBT rights. Has he opened the door for a renewed focus on economic justice?
Further considerations on the grammar and syntax of cryptic clues
WRITING CONTEST FINALIST: Money in politics not only corrodes policy; it has a pernicious impact on how citizens view and participate in their government.
WRITING CONTEST WINNER: Effectively addressing this country's vast inequality is the only way to repair this country's broken politics.
Under the deal negotiated by Gloria Allred, students get paid for remaining silent.
A new Koch-funded political group has a message for young people: you’re better off uninsured.
CEOs capture an average of 10 percent of their company’s profits. Will a new SEC action change that?
A major pundit argues that poll numbers showing young people’s disatisfaction with American capitalism portends a lurch in American politics to the left. Here’s what that argument misses.
Re-purposing America's war machine.
Someday we may live in a world where war and militarization were rare, but, until then, we must demand the protection of innocent life when conflicts happen.
