How Much Has Public Opinion Driven the Greek Debt Negotiations? How Much Has Public Opinion Driven the Greek Debt Negotiations?

Public opinion plays a larger role in negotiations than you might expect.

Jul 15, 2015 / Ethan Corey

Planned Parenthood Isn’t Doing Anything Wrong—but That May Not Matter Planned Parenthood Isn’t Doing Anything Wrong—but That May Not Matter

Logic and reason simply can’t compete with #PPSellsBodyParts.

Jul 15, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

The Government May Already Have the Law It Needs to Beat Big Oil The Government May Already Have the Law It Needs to Beat Big Oil

A document revealing Exxon knew as early as 1981 that carbon emissions drive climate change adds weight to suggestions that fossil-fuel companies be prosecuted under a racketeering...

Jul 15, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Progressives Aim to Push Hillary on Wall Street Reform Progressives Aim to Push Hillary on Wall Street Reform

Clinton pleased activists with her speech earlier this week, but won’t be backing one key reform.

Jul 15, 2015 / George Zornick

Is the Ukrainian Crisis Triggering the End of the US-Dominated Post-1991 World Order? Is the Ukrainian Crisis Triggering the End of the US-Dominated Post-1991 World Order?

Jul 15, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Can Washington and Tehran Finally Escape Their Pathological Past? Can Washington and Tehran Finally Escape Their Pathological Past?

Yes, but only if they begin behaving like responsible governments instead of causes.

Jul 15, 2015 / Juan Cole

Why Is It So Hard for Corinthian Students to Get Their Promised Debt Relief? Why Is It So Hard for Corinthian Students to Get Their Promised Debt Relief?

Many former students of the disgraced diploma mill remain in a financial straitjacket, lacking the resources and legal savvy to navigate an opaque relief process.

Jul 15, 2015 / Michelle Chen

For the Tobacco Industry’s Backlash Against Lung Cancer Science, You’re Welcome For the Tobacco Industry’s Backlash Against Lung Cancer Science, You’re Welcome

An early Nation investigation was “circulated far and wide throughout the huckster fraternity.”

Jul 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

How Obama’s New Housing Rules Help Fight Modern-Day Segregation How Obama’s New Housing Rules Help Fight Modern-Day Segregation

Armed with a better understanding of not only which neighborhoods are struggling, but why they are struggling, local officials can develop solutions for the unique problems in thei...

Jul 15, 2015 / Angela Glover Blackwell

Detroit Is Ground Zero in the New Fight for Water Rights Detroit Is Ground Zero in the New Fight for Water Rights

As many as 25,000 families are at risk of having their water shut off. These activists are fighting back.

Jul 15, 2015 / Feature / Laura Gottesdiener