Stand Up for Employment Protections for LGBT Workers Stand Up for Employment Protections for LGBT Workers
While support for marriage equality grows, LGBT workers continue to face alarmingly high rates of employment discrimination. Tell Congress that now is the time to support the Emplo...
Mar 28, 2013 / NationAction
More Bullets Than Seconds: New Details from Tucson and Newtown More Bullets Than Seconds: New Details from Tucson and Newtown
Police respond very quickly to mass shootings, and bigger magazines means more deaths.
Mar 28, 2013 / George Zornick
This Is What Happens When You Rip a Hole in the Safety Net This Is What Happens When You Rip a Hole in the Safety Net
If you destroy one part of the social safety net, those in need will turn to what’s left.
Mar 28, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers
We do know that a comprehensive immigration reform bill will soon surface. The trouble is, we don’t know what it will contain.
Mar 28, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Roasting Chestnuts Roasting Chestnuts
In praise of the classics
Mar 28, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
New Voter Suppression Efforts Prove the Voting Rights Act Is Still Needed New Voter Suppression Efforts Prove the Voting Rights Act Is Still Needed
Fifty-five new voting restrictions have been introduced in thirty states this year.
Mar 28, 2013 / Ari Berman
Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary
What, to a critic of marriage, makes the ceremony itself so tear-worthy?
Mar 28, 2013 / Laura Flanders
The Imperialist Anniversaries You Haven’t Heard About The Imperialist Anniversaries You Haven’t Heard About
Before the Iraq War, there was Guantánamo, the AUMF, My Lai and more. What you don’t know can hurt you.
Mar 28, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Wayne LaPierre Is Winning Wayne LaPierre Is Winning
Deride the NRA's spokesman all you want, but his group is close to gutting gun control legislation in Congress.
Mar 27, 2013 / The Editors
Rape—Still No Joke Rape—Still No Joke
Decades of work to change rape laws has done little to change culture.
Mar 27, 2013 / Jessica Valenti