The Equality Act Is Essential in the Fight for LGBTQ Rights The Equality Act Is Essential in the Fight for LGBTQ Rights
Less than half of all states explicitly protect people against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
May 5, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Laura Poitras on Julian Assange: ‘Admirable, Brilliant, and Flawed’ Laura Poitras on Julian Assange: ‘Admirable, Brilliant, and Flawed’
The filmmaker’s latest, Risk, documents the many sides of the WikiLeaks founder.
May 5, 2017 / Jon Wiener
It’s Not Too Late to Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC It’s Not Too Late to Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC
The Trump-appointed FCC chairman has ushered in a virulent strain of market libertarianism. He can and must be stopped.
May 5, 2017 / Victor Pickard
Asking for a Friend: I Have a Fancy Law Degree, but No One Will Hire Me to Do Good! Asking for a Friend: I Have a Fancy Law Degree, but No One Will Hire Me to Do Good!
And another reader loves a prickly communist.
May 5, 2017 / Liza Featherstone
History Will Remember These 217 House Republicans for Their Inhumanity History Will Remember These 217 House Republicans for Their Inhumanity
What Paul Ryan and his minions just voted for is immoral.
May 4, 2017 / John Nichols
Why Can’t Americans Remember Anyone’s Death Other Than Those of Their Own? Why Can’t Americans Remember Anyone’s Death Other Than Those of Their Own?
A long history of war and terror has left America with a victim complex.
May 4, 2017 / John Dower
After I Graduate, How Likely Will It Be That I Follow My Dreams? Not Very. After I Graduate, How Likely Will It Be That I Follow My Dreams? Not Very.
With massive debt loads and scant institutional support, college is not set up for first-generation, low-income students to succeed.
May 4, 2017 / StudentNation / Aprill Emig
Will Trump Help Elect a Hard-Liner in Iran? Will Trump Help Elect a Hard-Liner in Iran?
Harsh anti-Iran rhetoric could undermine Hassan Rouhani’s reelection bid and undermine the historic nuclear deal.
May 4, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss
Laura Poitras: The Many Contradictions of Julian Assange Laura Poitras: The Many Contradictions of Julian Assange
Plus Stephen F. Cohen on the new Cold War, and Eric Foner on Trump and history.
May 4, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The People’s Voice Is Heard The People’s Voice Is Heard
“Giving Advice, Business Titans Feel at Home in White House.” —Headline, The New York Times No worries for those workers left behind, For Trump has found some folks to plead their…
May 4, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin