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Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court

Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court

Big Carbon is where Big Tobacco was, before it started losing.

Apr 21, 2014 / Feature / Dan Zegart

The Temporary Peace Between Russia and Ukraine Is Built on Sand

The Temporary Peace Between Russia and Ukraine Is Built on Sand The Temporary Peace Between Russia and Ukraine Is Built on Sand

“It would be a mistake to think that the diplomats who sat down in Geneva this week control the situation,” says Stephen Cohen.

Apr 21, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen

Rural Counties Turn to Prisons for Economic Salvation

Rural Counties Turn to Prisons for Economic Salvation Rural Counties Turn to Prisons for Economic Salvation

With coal not paying the bills, West Virginia has turned to prison construction.

Apr 21, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Obama Plans to Grant Clemency to ‘Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands,’ of Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Obama Plans to Grant Clemency to ‘Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands,’ of Nonviolent Drug Offenders Obama Plans to Grant Clemency to ‘Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands,’ of Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Obama has so far granted fewer pardons than any modern US president.

Apr 21, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Why Kidnapping, Torture and Perjury Are No Longer Crimes in Washington

Why Kidnapping, Torture and Perjury Are No Longer Crimes in Washington Why Kidnapping, Torture and Perjury Are No Longer Crimes in Washington

Unlike the rest of us, members of our national security state exist in what might be called ‘post-legal’ America. 

Apr 21, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt

Christie Is Using Romney Ties to Kickstart His 2016 Bid

Christie Is Using Romney Ties to Kickstart His 2016 Bid Christie Is Using Romney Ties to Kickstart His 2016 Bid

If the New Jersey governor falters, Jeb Bush is waiting—but he has troubles of his own.

Apr 21, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Hawks on Both Sides Could Upend Ukraine Diplomacy

Hawks on Both Sides Could Upend Ukraine Diplomacy Hawks on Both Sides Could Upend Ukraine Diplomacy

Russia’s foreign minister threatens further intervention as Biden arrives in Kiev.

Apr 21, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss

Ten Years Later: Questions Still Surround Pat Tillman’s Death

Ten Years Later: Questions Still Surround Pat Tillman’s Death Ten Years Later: Questions Still Surround Pat Tillman’s Death

We should demand the truth about the death of Pat Tillman.

Apr 21, 2014 / Dave Zirin

Gabriel García Márquez—a Rebel Against Form, an Artist Against the Forces of Oblivion

Gabriel García Márquez—a Rebel Against Form, an Artist Against the Forces of Oblivion Gabriel García Márquez—a Rebel Against Form, an Artist Against the Forces of Oblivion

He taught us how to live with loss, and he told us, over and over again, that other utopias are possible.

Apr 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

On the Death and Life’s Work of the Unconquerable Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter

On the Death and Life’s Work of the Unconquerable Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter On the Death and Life’s Work of the Unconquerable Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter

The passing of prisoner-rights advocate Rubin “Hurricane” Carter should be a clarion call to champion prisoner’s rights.

Apr 20, 2014 / Dave Zirin

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