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The False Compassion of Pope Francis

The False Compassion of Pope Francis The False Compassion of Pope Francis

No, women who get abortions aren’t automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church. But you wouldn’t know that from the pope.

Sep 21, 2015 / Frances Kissling

September 21, 1976: Chilean Exile Orlando Letelier Is Assassinated in Washington, DC

September 21, 1976: Chilean Exile Orlando Letelier Is Assassinated in Washington, DC September 21, 1976: Chilean Exile Orlando Letelier Is Assassinated in Washington, DC

“Repression for the majorities and ‘economic freedom’ for small privileged groups are in Chile two sides of the same coin.”

Sep 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

The Kiss (III)

The Kiss (III) The Kiss (III)

A writer imagines a secret courtship before the advent of technology.

Sep 21, 2015 / Robert Walser

Jeremy Corbyn applauds the audience and supporters during a rally in London.

This Is What Jeremy Corbyn’s New Labour Coalition Looks Like This Is What Jeremy Corbyn’s New Labour Coalition Looks Like

Even as the right-wing press derided Corbyn as a “weaponized lentil,” the shock was setting in.

Sep 21, 2015 / Paul Mason

A Singapore Police exercise at Urban Shield 2014.

Oakland Residents Respond as the Largest Police Training in the World Invades Oakland Residents Respond as the Largest Police Training in the World Invades

The Urban Shield police expo has become so popular among police around the world that the Sheriff’s Office no longer has to advertise.

Sep 21, 2015 / Aaron Miguel Cantú

September 20, 1962: Ole Miss Denies Admission to James Meredith

September 20, 1962: Ole Miss Denies Admission to James Meredith September 20, 1962: Ole Miss Denies Admission to James Meredith

“We cannot stand before the judgment bar of world opinion so long as there erupts an Oxford, Mississippi. What we are doing speaks so loud they cannot hear what we say.”

Sep 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

September 19, 1881: President James Garfield Dies, Fatally Wounded by a Disgruntled Office-Seeking Assassin

September 19, 1881: President James Garfield Dies, Fatally Wounded by a Disgruntled Office-Seeking Assassin September 19, 1881: President James Garfield Dies, Fatally Wounded by a Disgruntled Office-Seeking Assassin

“He will now always remain one of the saints of American story, without a spot on the whiteness of his garments, one of the few Presidents who have left the White House amid univer...

Sep 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Bernie on TPP

Bernie Sanders Offers GOP Debaters a Tutorial on Democratic Socialism Bernie Sanders Offers GOP Debaters a Tutorial on Democratic Socialism

The Republican candidates had a lot to say about the senator, and he has something to say to them.  

Sep 18, 2015 / John Nichols

The Media Can No Longer Pretend That Trump’s Racist Birtherism Is Old News

The Media Can No Longer Pretend That Trump’s Racist Birtherism Is Old News The Media Can No Longer Pretend That Trump’s Racist Birtherism Is Old News

Trump had successfully built a great big wall to keep his ugly birther narrative from crossing into his current presidential run—until last night.

Sep 18, 2015 / Leslie Savan

Old Boy Longhorns vs. Neoliberal Pirates: The State of Sports at the University of Texas

Old Boy Longhorns vs. Neoliberal Pirates: The State of Sports at the University of Texas Old Boy Longhorns vs. Neoliberal Pirates: The State of Sports at the University of Texas

The ouster of business-first Athletic Director Steve Patterson has many at the University of Texas hopeful for the future. But one professor says that there are no guarantees the s...

Sep 18, 2015 / Dave Zirin

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