Birth Control That Works Too Well Birth Control That Works Too Well
A Colorado program to give low-income teens long-acting contraception dropped the teen abortion rate dramatically. But conservatives refuse to fund it.
May 20, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Women Peacemakers Head to the Korean DMZ to Spark Conversation, Change Women Peacemakers Head to the Korean DMZ to Spark Conversation, Change
The activists join a rich tradition of women working to end conflict.
May 20, 2015 / Hilary Weaver
EU Officials Are Considering Bombing Libyan Smuggling Boats. That’s the Last Thing Refugees Need. EU Officials Are Considering Bombing Libyan Smuggling Boats. That’s the Last Thing Refugees Need.
The refugees are fleeing abduction, torture, and assault—that’s why they’ll continue trying to reach Europe any way they can.
May 20, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Solving Jeb Bush’s Last Name Problem Solving Jeb Bush’s Last Name Problem
The name that got you everything so far May leave your presidential quest destroyed. So change it! Just pick any name at all— Though Cheney is one name you might avoid.
May 20, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The ‘Mad’ Man List The ‘Mad’ Man List
In this week's Altercation Eric honors the completion of the AMC's hit show Mad Men.
May 20, 2015 / Eric Alterman
I Went to Prison for Exposing the CIA’s Torture Program. Why Are the People Responsible for It Walking Free? I Went to Prison for Exposing the CIA’s Torture Program. Why Are the People Responsible for It Walking Free?
There’s still time for President Obama to order the Justice Department to prosecute the perpetrators.
May 20, 2015 / John Kiriakou and Foreign Policy In Focus
Lessons From the Thinnest of Seymour Hersh’s Thinly Sourced Claims Lessons From the Thinnest of Seymour Hersh’s Thinly Sourced Claims
The veteran journalist tracked down the one man who could link the Nixon White House to the illegal bombing of Cambodia.
May 20, 2015 / Greg Grandin
May 20, 1927: Charles Lindbergh Takes Flight for France May 20, 1927: Charles Lindbergh Takes Flight for France
"A marvelous achievement was accomplished in a faultless manner by a young American who embodies within himself the finest American characteristics."
May 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Comix Nation Comix Nation
May 20, 2015 / Matt Bors
Snapshot: Love in a Time of Gentrification Snapshot: Love in a Time of Gentrification
A newlywed couple poses for photographs at San Francisco’s City Hall on May 8 amid hundreds of anti-eviction protesters. The demonstrators, holding signs that read stop evictions and no artists, no culture, were calling for an end to the displacement of low-income residents from the Mission District by high-paid tech workers.
May 20, 2015 / Eric Risberg