Shelf Life Shelf Life

“There is no such thing as not voting” is the faith that Darryl Pinckney grew up in.

Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

At Least 10 Opposition Figures Have Died in Ukraine Just This Year At Least 10 Opposition Figures Have Died in Ukraine Just This Year

The spate of murders and suspicious suicides does not bode well for Ukraine’s democracy.

Apr 21, 2015 / James Carden

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Apr 21, 2015 / Matt Bors

Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California

Apr 21, 2015 / Lucy Nicholson

Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots

The ecological movement will get nowhere unless it recognizes the overlapping crises facing our society.

Apr 21, 2015 / Naomi Klein

How the ‘Desaparecidos’ of Ayotzinapa Have Sparked a US-Mexican Solidarity Movement How the ‘Desaparecidos’ of Ayotzinapa Have Sparked a US-Mexican Solidarity Movement

Caravana43 will visit more than 40 US cities this spring to spread the call for justice—and against US funding of the drug war.

Apr 21, 2015 / Roberto Lovato

Liberals to Hillary: Make Public College Debt-Free Liberals to Hillary: Make Public College Debt-Free

Several congressional Democrats, along with progressive activists, are launching a campaign to eliminate student debt.

Apr 21, 2015 / George Zornick

How Did 3 American Commandos and 3 Moroccan Women End Up Dead at the Bottom of the Niger River? How Did 3 American Commandos and 3 Moroccan Women End Up Dead at the Bottom of the Niger River?

Inside the shadowy operations of the US Africa Command.

Apr 21, 2015 / Nick Turse

April 21, 1838: John Muir Is Born April 21, 1838: John Muir Is Born

“It is a miracle of literature, this rapture maintained at so high a pitch over so long a time.”

Apr 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

SCOTUS Will Likely Legalize Same-Sex Marriage—but the Fight Over Marriage Is Not Done Yet SCOTUS Will Likely Legalize Same-Sex Marriage—but the Fight Over Marriage Is Not Done Yet

A win for LGBT advocates would be historic, but uncertainty over religious exemptions and the status of domestic partnerships and civil unions remains.

Apr 21, 2015 / Nan D. Hunter