Surging Violence Against Women in Iraq Surging Violence Against Women in Iraq
Being a woman in Iraq was difficult before the ISIS offensive. The current wave of militarization is making life even worse.
Jul 2, 2014 / Zahra Radwan, Zoe Blumenfeld, and Foreign Policy In Focus
DREAMers in Grad School DREAMers in Grad School
Four states have granted in-state tution to undocumented students, but the higher education pipeline continues to be plagued.
Jul 2, 2014 / StudentNation / Jude Paul Dizon and StudentNation
50 Years After Freedom Summer, America Needs a Revived Movement for Racial Justice 50 Years After Freedom Summer, America Needs a Revived Movement for Racial Justice
There is much to celebrate in Mississippi, and yet America still needs a year of action on voting rights.
Jul 2, 2014 / The Editors
The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate
In ruling that police may not search cellphones without a warrant, the Court brought the Fourth Amendment into the twenty-first century.
Jul 2, 2014 / David Cole
Postcards Post-Stonewall Postcards Post-Stonewall
We can pretend the politics of liberation can be tracked along clearly marked lines, or we can remember that history is like desire.
Jul 2, 2014 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Is Obama on a Slippery Slope Toward Mission Creep in Iraq? Is Obama on a Slippery Slope Toward Mission Creep in Iraq?
Protect the embassy, advise Iraqi troops, protect Baghdad airport. And then?
Jul 2, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions
After one of Supreme Court’s most anti-union rulings in recent years, is there still time for organized labor to save itself?
Jul 2, 2014 / Eileen Boris, Jennifer Klein, Joel Rogers, Joshua Freeman, and Jane McAlevey
Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End? Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End?
There’s no telling how far religious exemptions will go under Justice Alito’s ruling.
Jul 2, 2014 / Column / Katha Pollitt
How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship
The court’s decision to invalidate the abortion clinic buffer zone limits the privacy women require as participants in a democracy.
Jul 2, 2014 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
William Kristol’s Credentials as an Iraq Expert William Kristol’s Credentials as an Iraq Expert
Bill Kristol predicted a war of two months. It’s lasted, we know, somewhat longer. So, even including his chicken-hawk pals, Has anyone ever been wronger?
Jul 2, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin