Coming Out of the Shadows in Union Square Coming Out of the Shadows in Union Square
Undocumented youth are taking to public and online spaces to represent themselves—in some cases, without the support of important allies.
Mar 29, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Why Mandate Disclosure? Because Corporations Lie on Voluntary Political Transparency Why Mandate Disclosure? Because Corporations Lie on Voluntary Political Transparency
The SEC is considering rules for political disclosure—and a voluntary regime simply isn’t enough.
Mar 29, 2013 / Lee Fang
The $6 Trillion Wars The $6 Trillion Wars
Fighting for nothing, and destroying countries in the process, costs a lot.
Mar 29, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Why Today’s Argument Could Decide the Gay Marriage Debate Why Today’s Argument Could Decide the Gay Marriage Debate
Hollingsworth v. Perry has a chance of being dismissed without a ruling, leaving a better case to serve as the vehicle for the court's opinion on marriage.
Mar 29, 2013 / Nan D. Hunter
What if Sherrod Brown, Battler Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banks, Gets Banking Committee Chair? What if Sherrod Brown, Battler Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banks, Gets Banking Committee Chair?
The progressive populist senator from Ohio would hold big banks to account -- a new concept for Washington.
Mar 29, 2013 / John Nichols
Is ‘Game of Thrones’ Escapist Enough? Is ‘Game of Thrones’ Escapist Enough?
We need escapist fantasies like Game of Thrones. But what’s it doing to our revolutionary imagination?
Mar 29, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Dave Zirin: What’s to Love About Baseball? Dave Zirin: What’s to Love About Baseball?
Baseball is neither poor, nasty, brutish nor short—at least, if sports fans have their way.
Mar 29, 2013 / Press Room
Propaganda Propagation Propaganda Propagation
A column arguing that a liberal foundation outspent the Koch brothers disproves its own assertion in a disclaimer—which conveniently gets forgotten when the initial claim is ...
Mar 28, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
‘We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason’: Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial ‘We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason’: Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial
At the same time that Brooklyn residents poured into the streets over the killing of Kimani Gray, NYPD officers took the stand to describe the department's racist tactics.
Mar 28, 2013 / Ryan Devereaux
Noam Chomsky: If Nuclear War Doesn’t Get Us, Climate Change Will Noam Chomsky: If Nuclear War Doesn’t Get Us, Climate Change Will
The growing threats of nuclear war and environmental catastrophe make it hard to bet on the survival of our species.
Mar 28, 2013 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation