The Voting Rights Act Is in Peril on Its Forty-Eighth Anniversary The Voting Rights Act Is in Peril on Its Forty-Eighth Anniversary
The VRA transformed American democracy. Now Congress must save it.
Aug 6, 2013 / Ari Berman
Big Media Story Isn’t Bezos and the Post, It’s the RNC Threatening CNN, NBC Big Media Story Isn’t Bezos and the Post, It’s the RNC Threatening CNN, NBC
Rich guys buy newspapers. Often. But when Reince Priebus makes programming demands on major networks, that's a real measure of the corruption of our democratic discourse.
Aug 6, 2013 / John Nichols
Alex Rodriguez and the True Pink Elephant (Elefante Rosa) in the Room Alex Rodriguez and the True Pink Elephant (Elefante Rosa) in the Room
Any serious discussion about performance enhancing drugs in baseball needs to address the fact that it is Latin American players who are getting caught.
Aug 5, 2013 / Dave Zirin
The Importance of Judicial Empathy The Importance of Judicial Empathy
The Bloomberg administration accuses a judge of bias for her rulings against the NYPD. But more judges should consider the human implications of police policies.
Aug 5, 2013 / Emily Jane Goodman
Thousands Protest Chevron Oil Refinery in Richmond, California Thousands Protest Chevron Oil Refinery in Richmond, California
This weekend, more than 200 people got arrested in a California city known for its heavy-handed oil-industry politics.
Aug 5, 2013 / Madeline Ostrander
Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart
Interns at the Organization for Chinese Americans say they were fired for disrespecting Wal-Mart.
Aug 5, 2013 / Lee Fang
Obama’s Militaristic Tilt in Korea Obama’s Militaristic Tilt in Korea
At ceremonies held around the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean armistice, the president sounded bellicose notes, while failing to mention national unification.
Aug 5, 2013 / Tim Shorrock
Debating Students for Educational Reform: A Response Debating Students for Educational Reform: A Response
The co-founder of SFER asks that her group be defined by those who are a part of us, rather than those who are not.
Aug 5, 2013 / StudentNation / Catharine Bellinger
What’s Really Behind Obama’s Praise of Ray Kelly? What’s Really Behind Obama’s Praise of Ray Kelly?
Obama sounds the notes of racial justice at key moments, while asserting unprecedented power to implement policies that are destructive, discriminatory—and embodied by the NY...
Aug 5, 2013 / Amna Akbar and Jeanne Theoharis
Obama and Iran’s New President Obama and Iran’s New President
Hawks on both sides are a problem, but President Obama has to seize this opportunity.
Aug 5, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss