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Still from 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'

Mira Nair's latest film includes a character who's a journalist and CIA agent. Is this responsible filmmaking?

West, TX

There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.

Guantánamo Bay detention center

That’s the unanimous conclusion of a nonpartisan task force. It should teach us not to overreact to the Boston bombings.

US bomber

The United States has dropped millions of cluster bombs on other countries that continue to kill today.

Faneuil Hall

Whatever happened to quiet bravery and dignity?

ICE detention

As the country charts a new course on immigration, New York remains a beacon of hope.

Council members are working on an agenda that includes labor organizing, public transportation and giving legal immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections.

New York’s housing crisis has pushed hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers underground.

Stop Family Violence

America's military-masculinity complex is generating violence on a mass scale—at home.

As change nips at the edges of the Bronx, the borough’s iconic auto-glass workers continue their daily street-dance.

Blogs

A new media community takes root.

June 19, 2013

Our checks and balances have broken down. It's time to rein in the national security complex.

June 19, 2013

Let's remember: ogling isn't journalism.

June 19, 2013

The Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs put on a game for the ages, reminding me of a similar one almost twenty-seven years ago.

June 19, 2013

The Rolling Stone and BuzzFeed reporter whose reporting ended General Stanley McChrystal's career died yesterday.

June 18, 2013

How are we supposed to abide by strict budget caps when adding ten million new Americans?

June 18, 2013

Why finding yourself in the sights of the Guardian journalist and those who love him can be such a frustrating thing.

June 18, 2013

Increased militarization of police forces led to the seven-year-old's death. It's time to call attention to that fact.

June 18, 2013

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