How Does the Pentagon Keep Fooling Reporters About Its Tech Research Agency? How Does the Pentagon Keep Fooling Reporters About Its Tech Research Agency?
60 Minutes’s Leslie Stahl carefully avoided DARPA’s total dependence on contractors and obscured its close ties with the surveillance state.
Feb 13, 2015 / Tim Shorrock
David Carr Was Our Guide Through a ‘Dead-Bang Ugly’ Media Moment David Carr Was Our Guide Through a ‘Dead-Bang Ugly’ Media Moment
The New York Times columnist championed journalism and humanity.
Feb 13, 2015 / John Nichols
February 13, 1990: Agreement Is Reached on a Plan to Reunify Germany February 13, 1990: Agreement Is Reached on a Plan to Reunify Germany
The new Germany, The Nation said, ought not to become yet another “bully on the block.”
Feb 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
In Ukraine Negotiations, the Buck Stops With Obama In Ukraine Negotiations, the Buck Stops With Obama
Stephen Cohen talks to John Batchelor about the dangers of sending lethal aid to Ukraine.
Feb 12, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
The New Greek Government Refuses to Agree to Unpayable Debts The New Greek Government Refuses to Agree to Unpayable Debts
The Syriza coalition is not just pushing for a better deal—it is saying no to a self-destructive game.
Feb 12, 2015 / Maria Margaronis
Why Harvard Students Are Sitting-In Outside Drew Faust’s Office Why Harvard Students Are Sitting-In Outside Drew Faust’s Office
Refusing to divest now is an irresponsible and unsustainable abrogation of Harvard’s power.
Feb 12, 2015 / StudentNation / Divest Harvard
FBI Director on Police Violence: ‘Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist’ FBI Director on Police Violence: ‘Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist’
In what was billed as a “bold” speech on race, James Comey offered platitudes and excuses.
Feb 12, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
The Videogame That Yanis Varoufakis Used to Study the Eurozone The Videogame That Yanis Varoufakis Used to Study the Eurozone
Greece’s new finance minister has studied a huge, functioning economy in incredible detail already—through an online multiplayer videogame.
Feb 12, 2015 / Helen Lewis
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Feb 12, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The 2015 Moral Monday Movement: ‘North Carolina Is Our Selma’ The 2015 Moral Monday Movement: ‘North Carolina Is Our Selma’
This Saturday, progressive activists in North Carolina are holding a major “Moral March on Raleigh.”
Feb 12, 2015 / Ari Berman