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Should Facebook Pay Its Users?

Should Facebook Pay Its Users? Should Facebook Pay Its Users?

A new movement known as Wages for Facebook says yes. 

Jan 14, 2014 / Jessica Weisberg

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Jan 14, 2014 / Jen Sorensen

Snapshot: Cold Refuge in Israel

Snapshot: Cold Refuge in Israel Snapshot: Cold Refuge in Israel

Some 10,000 African migrants, largely from Sudan and Eritrea, protesting in Tel Aviv on January 5 against a new Israeli law that allows people without visas to be arrested and detained without charge

Jan 14, 2014 / Nir Elias

Christie: A Bully’s Bully

Christie: A Bully’s Bully Christie: A Bully’s Bully

Oh, how we love those Republican “straight-shooters.”

Jan 14, 2014 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Fort Lee Jam Fort Lee Jam

Chris Christie insists he knew nothing at all Re jams at the bridge lanes. Well, maybe. But, now, those commuters are smiling. They say, “So who’s in a bigger jam, baby?”

Jan 14, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Why Republicans Protect the ‘Honor’ of Offensive Team Names

Why Republicans Protect the ‘Honor’ of Offensive Team Names Why Republicans Protect the ‘Honor’ of Offensive Team Names

Conservatives have a convenient belief that when it comes to racism, it’s all about intent. 

Jan 14, 2014 / Jeremiah Goulka

Blown Away by ‘Grounded’: Drone Warfare Up Close and Personal

Blown Away by ‘Grounded’: Drone Warfare Up Close and Personal Blown Away by ‘Grounded’: Drone Warfare Up Close and Personal

A new play by George Brant brings home the human costs of America’s remote killing machine.

Jan 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Bob Dreyfuss

Two Cops Found Not Guilty in the Fatal Beating of a Schizophrenic, Homeless Man

Two Cops Found Not Guilty in the Fatal Beating of a Schizophrenic, Homeless Man Two Cops Found Not Guilty in the Fatal Beating of a Schizophrenic, Homeless Man

Surveillance footage of Kelly Thomas’s death in 2011 sparked national outcry.

Jan 14, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy?

What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy? What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy?

Cornell's decision to update its policy has been framed as the administration’s unprompted decision to do the right thing, but students and faculty have been calling for ...

Jan 14, 2014 / StudentNation / Anna-Lisa Castle and StudentNation

De Blasio’s Plan to Tax the Rich: Not ‘Dead on Arrival’ After All

De Blasio’s Plan to Tax the Rich: Not ‘Dead on Arrival’ After All De Blasio’s Plan to Tax the Rich: Not ‘Dead on Arrival’ After All

Here it is fourteen days into the Bill de Blasio mayoralty, and we’re still talking about a tax plan that was supposedly “dead on arrival” even before the Democra...

Jan 14, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy

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