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Yahoo isn’t buying the blogging service for its profitability. It’s buying it for the advertising possibilities.

Welcome home sign for Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight

Whatever their intent, laws equating pregnancy termination with murder are used against pregnant women, not for them.

Chicago teachers

CORE’s victory is a boost to social movement unionism—and a model for other unions around the country.

New Orleans

It’s a starting point: not the tinder or the blaze but a match, a belief in possibility.

An adopted child

I’d like to believe my sons’ best life is in my home, and not with their first families. But Christians committed to justice need to remember we are not entitled to other people’s children.

Myriad genetic testing

In the wake of Angelina Jolie’s well-intentioned exhortation for “every woman” to explore their risk of breast cancer, one company stands to make a staggering profit.

The neoconservative leading the fight over the legacy of Vatican II in the American Church.

Journalist

The future of media must include all of us.

Shujaa Graham

“I killed the thing that almost killed me,” said Kirk Bloodsworth, who faced execution in Maryland, the latest state to outlaw capital punishment.

Blogs

The High Court defended voting rights yesterday—striking down part of an Arizona proposition that nevertheless leaves undocumented immigrants vulnerable to deportation. 

June 18, 2013

Media continue to neglect important arguments against further US engagement in the civil war. 

June 18, 2013

We're okay until someone's forced to put their face in a rat cage.

June 18, 2013

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Brazil demanding justice in the face of sporting austerity.

June 18, 2013

As school districts bolster their police forces, students across California are pushing Sacramento for restorative justice.

June 17, 2013

Health insurance companies have already raised millions to defeat a measure in 2014 to block unjustified rate hikes. 

June 17, 2013

Justice Scalia authors an unexpected victory for voting rights today.

June 17, 2013

The former editor's terrible track record on surveillance.

June 17, 2013

Stealing a Super Bowl Ring is one thing. Stealing $30 billion is a whole other ballgame.

June 16, 2013

The Nation has kept an eye on the intelligence community every step of the way.

June 15, 2013