The People’s Court of Eastern Ukraine The People’s Court of Eastern Ukraine
Is rebel field commander Alexei Mozgovoi a social revolutionary or a power-hungry facilitator of mob rule?
Dec 22, 2014 / Alec Luhn
The Deaths of Two NYPD Officers Is Tragic, but Not an Indictment of the Anti-Brutality Movement The Deaths of Two NYPD Officers Is Tragic, but Not an Indictment of the Anti-Brutality Movement
We all should mourn the deaths of Liu and Ramos—but that mourning doesn't mean we become less critical of the police as a violent and racist tool of oppression.
Dec 22, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
As the Semester Ends, the Student Movement for Black Lives Turns Up As the Semester Ends, the Student Movement for Black Lives Turns Up
From the classrooms to the streets, the movement keeps growing.
Dec 22, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Poetry and Voting in the Age of Eric Garner Poetry and Voting in the Age of Eric Garner
Poet Crystal Valentine: “Maybe politics aren’t Armageddon enough for us”
Dec 22, 2014 / Leslie Savan
More Sanctions for Russia, More Military Aid for Kiev Will Undermine the Fragile Cease-fire More Sanctions for Russia, More Military Aid for Kiev Will Undermine the Fragile Cease-fire
Just after jettisoning one Cold War relic, President Obama gave renewed credence to another.
Dec 22, 2014 / James Carden
Is Your Favorite Chocolate the Product of Child Labor? Is Your Favorite Chocolate the Product of Child Labor?
An estimated half-million to 1.5 million children are involved in the cocoa trade.
Dec 22, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Why It’s Wrong to Gloat Over The New Republic’s Demise Why It’s Wrong to Gloat Over The New Republic’s Demise
Despite its flaws, it was one of our few remaining journals of serious debate and opinion.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / Steve Wasserman
No Kaddish for ‘The New Republic’ No Kaddish for ‘The New Republic’
From the very beginning, the magazine has shown an eagerness to suck up to power.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
ISIS Wants You to Share This ISIS Wants You to Share This
How the well-meaning public became a handmaiden for terror.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / Rafia Zakaria
How the US Created a ‘Little Hiroshima’ in Central America How the US Created a ‘Little Hiroshima’ in Central America
From 1989 to 1990, thousands of civilians died and were buried in mass graves in President George H.W. Bush's search for one suspected drug trafficker.
Dec 22, 2014 / Greg Grandin