High School Students Demand Gun-Control High School Students Demand Gun-Control
Each time a major shooting occurs, anger swells for a few days and promptly disappears. We won’t let this happen again.
Jan 15, 2013 / StudentNation / Daniel Judt, Nick Barber, and StudentNation
Not in Her Shoes Not in Her Shoes
Days ahead of the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood's powerful video illustrates how the pro-choice and pro-life labels don’t reflect the complexity...
Jan 15, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
How Obsequious Media Coverage Perpetuates NRA Mythology How Obsequious Media Coverage Perpetuates NRA Mythology
The attention showered on the NRA doesn’t match up with its actual political influence.
Jan 15, 2013 / John Nichols
Race, Gun Control and Unintended Consequences Race, Gun Control and Unintended Consequences
Reforms could disproportionately impact those most affected by gun violence.
Jan 15, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Assault Weapons Ban Should Not Be a Partisan Issue Katrina vanden Heuvel: Assault Weapons Ban Should Not Be a Partisan Issue
Cracking down on high-powered guns is not a progressive issue but rather a “sanity issue” that Obama should take on now.
Jan 15, 2013 / Press Room
Are Walmart’s Jobs for Vets Any Good? Are Walmart’s Jobs for Vets Any Good?
Walmart drew White House praise for pledging to hire 100,000 veterans, but some workers pan the plan.
Jan 15, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
NYC Bus Strike Kicks Off to Fight Privatization of Yellow Buses NYC Bus Strike Kicks Off to Fight Privatization of Yellow Buses
A citywide strike kicks off Wednesday to prevent the privatization of yellow buses.
Jan 15, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Why Are Some Leading Dems Getting Soft on an Assault Weapons Ban? Why Are Some Leading Dems Getting Soft on an Assault Weapons Ban?
Key legislative leaders in the House and Senate are signaling pre-emptive surrender on an assault weapons ban.
Jan 15, 2013 / George Zornick
Is the Global Economic Establishment Taking a Progressive Turn? Is the Global Economic Establishment Taking a Progressive Turn?
A recent conference at the influential Peterson Institute began to acknowledge inhumanities that globilization boosters have long ignored.
Jan 15, 2013 / William Greider
The NRA and GOP’s Fast and Furious Lies The NRA and GOP’s Fast and Furious Lies
With the right continuing to clamor against gun control, we should remember their greatest recent PR victory—keeping the ATF from stopping Mexican gun-trafficking.
Jan 15, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel