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While President Obama has rightly argued that Congress is standing in the way of closing the prison, human rights groups have pointed out the many meaningful actions he can take.
Now that the NBA center has come out—the first current pro athlete to do so—what's next for LGBT equality?
Thirty Republican legislators join Democrats and independents to demand a constitutional amendment.
As the hunger strike approaches its 100th day on May 17, 100 prisoners are refusing food.
As I saw on a reporting trip to Bangladesh, Rana Plaza was a disaster waiting to happen.
Jordan Smith on prosecutorial accountability in Texas, and Laura Flanders on the passing of Bob Edgar
In defiance of its mission to preserve important works, the Museum of Modern Art has decided to raze the Folk Art building.
Some mainstream environmental organizations are trying to wean themselves from fossil fuel investments—but some aren’t.
Obama has taken a good first step to bring relief to underwater homeowners—but there’s more he can do.
We can’t let our discomfort with teen sex trump young people’s right to reproductive health.
A throwback is just that, even if it is shrouded in organic hemp cloth.
The congressman sees an opportunity to confront military bloat in the deficit debates and war-weariness.
Polls show Americans overwhelmingly oppose US action in Syria, 62-24.
By coming out of the closet as an active, male pro athlete, Jason Collins has redefined the possible.
Meanwhile, Iraq is suffering the latest onslaught of sectarian violence, and claims of chemical weapons in Syria bring to mind the 2003 invasion.
Ahmed Rashid’s gloomy, essential account of the divisive US-Pakistan alliance.
The Whitney’s adventurous, awkward attempt to explore abstract art through the blues.
Nikolai Leskov’s The Enchanted Wandered and Other Stories; Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself
How music plagiarism ruined a composer’s career and literally drove him mad.
Battalions of regulatory lawyers burrowed deep in the federal bureaucracy to foil reform.
Jon Cruddas, who’s now leading a comprehensive policy review, says he wants to renew the party’s roots in English radicalism.
A visit to a forlorn sex shop inspires meditation on the diverse meanings of solidarity, mutuality and community.
Korea seen clearly, the poop on the pipeline, a blast of fresh arctic air, Jared Diamond, Anthony Lewis again
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