Is Fracking a Necessary Evil? Is Fracking a Necessary Evil?
Despite the ills of fracking, the Obama administration claims more natural gas is part of the solution to climate change.
Aug 15, 2013 / Madeline Ostrander
A Fight for the Soul of NYU A Fight for the Soul of NYU
With its ever-expanding roster of campuses around the world, NYU is leading the way toward the corporatization of higher education.
Aug 15, 2013 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson and StudentNation
Foreign, Not Domesticated, News Foreign, Not Domesticated, News
Eric on Jeff Bezos; and Reed on why you should be reading McClatchy.
Aug 15, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
New York City Council: Pass the Community Safety Act New York City Council: Pass the Community Safety Act
The recent ruling against the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy is a great step forward, but the Community Safety Act will go even further in protecting New Yorkers&...
Aug 15, 2013 / NationAction
NRA Board Member Explains Advocacy: Gun Ownership Makes People More Republican NRA Board Member Explains Advocacy: Gun Ownership Makes People More Republican
NRA board member Grover Norquist adds a partisan twist to his obsessive gun rights advocacy.
Aug 15, 2013 / Lee Fang
Teenagers in Space Teenagers in Space
Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Rambo, Red Dawn and how a tale of American triumphalism was returned to the child’s world.
Aug 15, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Domestic Worker Labor Leader: Federal Victory Is in Sight Domestic Worker Labor Leader: Federal Victory Is in Sight
A proposed regulatory change would extend some basic federal protections to long-excluded domestic workers.
Aug 15, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Carnage in Egypt Carnage in Egypt
The Obama administration watches as US regional influence declines.
Aug 15, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Chaos and Bloodshed in the Streets of Cairo Chaos and Bloodshed in the Streets of Cairo
The violent clampdown by security forces has all but ended the possibility of a rapprochement with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Aug 15, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Burma’s Political Prisoner Problem Burma’s Political Prisoner Problem
Despite public assurances to address arbitrary detention, the government is still placing activists under arrest.
Aug 14, 2013 / Jake Scobey-Thal