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Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most

Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most

The Hobby Lobby case is more clearly aimed at women, but Harris v. Quinn may prove even more consequential for the lives of working women.

Jul 7, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Nullification: Jurors’ Secret Weapon Against Harsh Sentencing

Nullification: Jurors’ Secret Weapon Against Harsh Sentencing Nullification: Jurors’ Secret Weapon Against Harsh Sentencing

Juries have the right to judge the law as well as the defendant.

Jul 7, 2014 / Molly Knefel

Haaretz, Commenting on Murder in Israel, Says Extremists Are ‘Vermin’

Haaretz, Commenting on Murder in Israel, Says Extremists Are ‘Vermin’ Haaretz, Commenting on Murder in Israel, Says Extremists Are ‘Vermin’

Tragedies compound, as Israel bombs Gaza again.

Jul 7, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss

10 Questions All Politicians Should Answer About Gun Control

10 Questions All Politicians Should Answer About Gun Control 10 Questions All Politicians Should Answer About Gun Control

Thanks to an effort by Everytown for Gun Safety, the NRA will now not be the only group asking candidates for their positions on gun control.

Jul 7, 2014 / George Zornick

Before the World Cup Ends, Will the Media Tell the Truth?

Before the World Cup Ends, Will the Media Tell the Truth? Before the World Cup Ends, Will the Media Tell the Truth?

There is a narrative emerging in the US press that Brazil’s protests have been small because everyone is just happy with the World Cup. It’s not true.

Jul 7, 2014 / Dave Zirin

What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women

What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women

A new study finds board quotas don’t improve conditions for the average working woman, but they do the job of giving women more representation among powerful roles.

Jul 7, 2014 / Bryce Covert

ISIS: The Spoils of the ‘Great Loot’ in the Middle East

ISIS: The Spoils of the ‘Great Loot’ in the Middle East ISIS: The Spoils of the ‘Great Loot’ in the Middle East

Adding yet more warfare to the current crisis will perpetuate exactly what the imperial powers set out to do: tear an entire region of the world asunder.

Jul 7, 2014 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus

Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus?

Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus? Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus?

Now that Obama has given up trying to appease the GOP, why he is considering weakening a law intended to protect immigrant children from trafficking and violence?

Jul 4, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Deadly World Cup Legacy Continues as Overpass Collapses in Brazilian Host City

Deadly World Cup Legacy Continues as Overpass Collapses in Brazilian Host City Deadly World Cup Legacy Continues as Overpass Collapses in Brazilian Host City

As two are dead and nineteen injured as an overpass collapsed in Belo Horizonte. The most awful part of this tragedy is that it did not have to happen.

Jul 3, 2014 / Dave Zirin

The Media Are Suffering From ‘Hillary Fatigue’

The Media Are Suffering From ‘Hillary Fatigue’ The Media Are Suffering From ‘Hillary Fatigue’

But it’s really their journalism that’s tired.

Jul 3, 2014 / Leslie Savan

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