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Dangerous Rush to Legislate on Surveillance and Mental Health? Dean Spade [VIDEO] Dangerous Rush to Legislate on Surveillance and Mental Health? Dean Spade [VIDEO]
Involuntary mental health care and police profiling will not make the United States safer.
Dec 28, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Introducing The Nation Builders Introducing The Nation Builders
Show your support for The Nation Builders—and for this journalism—by making a year-end contribution today—so we can cover the critical stories of the coming year....
Dec 28, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cerberus Collected Ex-Government Opportunists Cerberus Collected Ex-Government Opportunists
In mythology, Cerberus is the three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades. How perfect a name for a company whose leaders have sold their souls.
Dec 28, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Let’s Put the ‘Play’ Back in Wordplay! Let’s Put the ‘Play’ Back in Wordplay!
There are no rules to this game
Dec 28, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Roger Goodell: The Wayne LaPierre of the Sports World Roger Goodell: The Wayne LaPierre of the Sports World
As the media turn a critical eye toward the NRA president, they might want to follow suit with the commissioner of the National Football League.
Dec 28, 2012 / Dave Zirin
I’m With Tagg: Mitt Didn’t Want to Be President I’m With Tagg: Mitt Didn’t Want to Be President
Mitt Romney deserved a Faye Dunaway Award for his “Make me president! Don’t make me president!” ambivalence.
Dec 27, 2012 / Leslie Savan
Largest Mass Execution in US History: 150 Years Ago Today Largest Mass Execution in US History: 150 Years Ago Today
Lincoln ordered the execution of thirty-eight Dakota Indians for rebellion—but never ordered the execution of Confederate officials or generals.
Dec 26, 2012 / Jon Wiener
2013 Is Year Zero for Climate Change 2013 Is Year Zero for Climate Change
The victories of 2012 demand we double down in the fight against global warming.
Dec 26, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit
No Senator, Republican or Democrat, Should Serve by Appointment No Senator, Republican or Democrat, Should Serve by Appointment
The three new senators being appointed by their governors will have no democratic legitimacy.
Dec 26, 2012 / John Nichols
‘Django Unchained’: Quentin Tarantino’s Answer to Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ ‘Django Unchained’: Quentin Tarantino’s Answer to Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’
In one film, grateful black people; in the other, the vengeful ones.
Dec 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener