UN Takes on Disarmament’s Next Frontier: Killer Robots UN Takes on Disarmament’s Next Frontier: Killer Robots
A new campaign against robotic weapons systems is challenging society’s latest threat to peace.
Jun 14, 2013 / Barbara Crossette
Graduation Day Complaint from Fox News: Commencement Speakers Are All Liberals Graduation Day Complaint from Fox News: Commencement Speakers Are All Liberals
At the top liberal colleges and universities, commencement speakers are usually liberals. So what?
Jun 14, 2013 / Jon Wiener
Obama Tumbles Down Syria’s Slippery Slope Obama Tumbles Down Syria’s Slippery Slope
Aiding Syria’s ragtag rebels means, well, backing Al Qaeda.
Jun 14, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Transactions of Congress Transactions of Congress
Eric on the underappreciated Woody Shaw, and Reed on the legacy of Dodd-Frank.
Jun 14, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
This Week in Poverty: Congress Turns Its Back on Rural America This Week in Poverty: Congress Turns Its Back on Rural America
The closing of a Head Start center in Neodesha, Kansas shows what sequester cuts mean to rural America.
Jun 14, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Joss Whedon and the Pop Culture Canon Joss Whedon and the Pop Culture Canon
Much Ado About Nothing is great! Does it matter that its appeal depends on being a Whedon nerd?
Jun 14, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Dean
Peter King Goes All 1798 on the Bill of Rights Peter King Goes All 1798 on the Bill of Rights
With his proposal to jail Glenn Greenwald, the New York Republican recalls an ugly tradition of attacking freedom of the press.
Jun 14, 2013 / John Nichols
Let’s End the ‘Secret Law’ Behind Government Surveillance Let’s End the ‘Secret Law’ Behind Government Surveillance
With civil liberties hanging in the balance, an open and informed debate is critical.
Jun 13, 2013 / NationAction
How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants’ Lives at Risk How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants’ Lives at Risk
Many progressives have accepted increased border security as a necessary tradeoff for getting a bill passed. The terms of this compromise will be paid in blood.
Jun 13, 2013 / Catherine Gaffney and Kate Morgan-Olsen
John Nichols: Data Mining American Voters John Nichols: Data Mining American Voters
It's not just the government and corporations who are tracking your cell and computer use: politicians on the campaign trail are some of the biggest data snoopers around.
Jun 13, 2013 / Francis Reynolds