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Warren, Coburn Push for Increased Transparency on Settlements

Warren, Coburn Push for Increased Transparency on Settlements Warren, Coburn Push for Increased Transparency on Settlements

A new bill would force federal agencies to be honest about how much they’re really making corporations pay.

Jan 8, 2014 / George Zornick

To Help Connect the Two New Yorks, Bill de Blasio Should Build More Community Broadband

To Help Connect the Two New Yorks, Bill de Blasio Should Build More Community Broadband To Help Connect the Two New Yorks, Bill de Blasio Should Build More Community Broadband

How high-speed Internet access is changing one Brooklyn neighborhood.

Jan 8, 2014 / Maya Wiley

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why de Blasio Needs the Grassroots

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why de Blasio Needs the Grassroots Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why de Blasio Needs the Grassroots

To carry out its ambitious progressive agenda, the de Blasio administration needs focus on sustained citizen engagement.

Jan 8, 2014 / Press Room

The Lesson of Carving Up Sudan

The Lesson of Carving Up Sudan The Lesson of Carving Up Sudan

The multiple civil wars in Sudan and South Sudan show the dangers of creating mini-states.

Jan 8, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss

De Blasio Promised to Fight NYC’s Inequality. Here’s How You Can Tell If He’s Winning.

De Blasio Promised to Fight NYC’s Inequality. Here’s How You Can Tell If He’s Winning. De Blasio Promised to Fight NYC’s Inequality. Here’s How You Can Tell If He’s Winning.

The new mayor chose a big target. Here are four ways to hold him accountable.

Jan 8, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy

America’s Biggest Private Prison Company Now Offers Acupuncture

America’s Biggest Private Prison Company Now Offers Acupuncture America’s Biggest Private Prison Company Now Offers Acupuncture

You just have to go to jail first.

Jan 8, 2014 / Jessica Weisberg

Reading Melville in Post-9/11 America

Reading Melville in Post-9/11 America Reading Melville in Post-9/11 America

The author's half-forgotten masterpiece, Benito Cereno, provides fascinating insight into issues of slavery, freedom, individualism—and Islamophobia.

Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Melville and the Language of Denial

Melville and the Language of Denial Melville and the Language of Denial

The events behind his story Benito Cereno are more than two centuries old, but the deceptions of racial inferiority that Melville exposes resonate today.

Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Toni Morrison

How US Evangelicals Fueled the Rise of Russia’s ‘Pro-Family’ Right

How US Evangelicals Fueled the Rise of Russia’s ‘Pro-Family’ Right How US Evangelicals Fueled the Rise of Russia’s ‘Pro-Family’ Right

An alliance is born between anti-gay, anti-abortion American groups and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Jan 7, 2014 / Feature / Adam Federman

What Bill de Blasio Can Learn From New York City’s Last Radical Mayor

What Bill de Blasio Can Learn From New York City’s Last Radical Mayor What Bill de Blasio Can Learn From New York City’s Last Radical Mayor

Fiorello La Guardia also took office in a time of crisis—and he was open to new ideas and bold reforms.

Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan

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