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The atrocities of the Afghan Taliban toward women have been widely reported in the Western press: women banned from work; forbidden to leave their homes unless shrouded in the burkha, a voluminou

Research assistance was provided by the Elections 2000 Fund of the Nation Institute.

This spring the topic of antitrust returned to the headlines after a long absence as the government pursued and won (for the time being) its case against Microsoft and, in a more muted way, as Ti

I start to worry whenever the Wall Street Journal editorial page cites theliberalNewRepublic for support.

This article is adapted from Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope (Crown).

The British government, increasingly desperate to silence a former MI5 intelligence officer who has been campaigning to expose government misconduct, has sued him and a London newspaper under the

Dr. Laura Schlessinger has said a lot of hurtful and irresponsible things on the radio during her many years as a right-wing religious "therapist" and yenta.

This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series.

"You have no idea how much love I got for this," says David Jamil Muhammad, referring to his role as a student organizer of "Hip-Hop Generation--Hip-Hop as a Movement." The conference was held Ap

After a century of repressing or deriding Woman as a symbol of beauty, high culture in the West has suddenly gone over.

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A strike vote of workers at AT&T Park has national ramifications.

May 19, 2013

The debate surrounding Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation is nothing new.

May 18, 2013

A high court’s preliminary ruling indicates there is not rational basis for Governor Jan Brewer’s attempt to deny driver’s licenses for certain immigrants.

May 17, 2013

Today’s actions follow a recent groundswell of student walkouts—and months of organizing.

May 17, 2013

Some things haven’t changed that much since the Jazz Age.

May 17, 2013

Coming on the heels of the DOJ's seizure of AP records, proposed legislation to keep reporters from being forced to reveal their sources seems would actually roll back protections in some states.

May 16, 2013

Avoiding calling racism for what it is only prolongs the problem. 

May 16, 2013

Seven Days in May: Each scandal on its own might have fizzled; together, their fumes are intoxicating liberals, too. 

May 16, 2013

A response to Time Magazine's Joel Stein.

May 16, 2013

The Justice Department’s intrusion is just part of a larger trend that includes Obama’s crackdown on whistleblowers and indefinite detention of suspects without a trial.

May 15, 2013
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