50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack 50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack
The right to vote is under the greatest threat since the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Mar 5, 2015 / Ari Berman
March 5, 1871: Rosa Luxemburg Is Born March 5, 1871: Rosa Luxemburg Is Born
“No revolutionary as independent-minded as she,” Vivian Gornick once wrote in The Nation, “could fail, come the revolution, to be denounced as a counterrevolution...
Mar 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
After Last Week’s Deal With the Troika, What’s Next for Syriza? After Last Week’s Deal With the Troika, What’s Next for Syriza?
Negotiations will rumble on, but the concessions Greece has already won could change the future of the eurozone.
Mar 4, 2015 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
Ten Urban Experiments That Your City Should Adopt Ten Urban Experiments That Your City Should Adopt
From Atlanta to Los Angeles, cities are becoming greener, healthier, and more humane.
Mar 4, 2015 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
The Truth About the Measles The Truth About the Measles
The return of the world’s most contagious disease.
Mar 4, 2015 / Feature / Annie Sparrow
SNL Mocks ISIS, Boehner Mocks His Ultras, and It’s All Pretty Funny SNL Mocks ISIS, Boehner Mocks His Ultras, and It’s All Pretty Funny
Sharia’s coming to get you.
Mar 4, 2015 / Leslie Savan
The GED Is Now Harder to Take—And Harder to Pass The GED Is Now Harder to Take—And Harder to Pass
Who benefits from a high school equivalency exam that judges nothing better than how well you'll do on the exam?
Mar 4, 2015 / Michelle Chen
How Ferguson, Missouri, Uses Cops and the Courts to Prey on Its Residents How Ferguson, Missouri, Uses Cops and the Courts to Prey on Its Residents
A “scathing” report from the Department of Justice traces discriminatory policing back to the city’s reliance on the fines that accompany tickets and arrests.
Mar 4, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
How the Movement to Unseat Rahm Emanuel Is Challenging ‘1 Percent’ Urbanism How the Movement to Unseat Rahm Emanuel Is Challenging ‘1 Percent’ Urbanism
As Chuy Garcia gains momentum, another city seems possible.
Mar 4, 2015 / John Nichols
Clinton’s E-mail Mess Shows We Need a Primary, Not a Coronation Clinton’s E-mail Mess Shows We Need a Primary, Not a Coronation
It’s way too early to bet the future of the country on the Clintons’ ability to avoid scandal.
Mar 4, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg