Watching ‘The House I Live In’ on Rikers Island Watching ‘The House I Live In’ on Rikers Island
Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki is on a mission to show his Sundance-award winning movie, The House I Live In, to prisoners across the country. On a Friday in December, he went to New Yor...
Dec 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Liliana Segura
Backfire: The Disgusting NRA Press Conference Backfire: The Disgusting NRA Press Conference
Wayne LaPierre failed to offer a reasonable alternative to gun control—and worse, made his opposition seem downright villainish.
Dec 21, 2012 / George Zornick
Remembering Ten We Lost in 2012 Remembering Ten We Lost in 2012
Ten of the notable individuals we lost in 2012.
Dec 21, 2012 / The Nation
Guns and Roses Guns and Roses
Once again, the media has absolutely failed us in keeping our government accountable on gun policy.
Dec 21, 2012 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Clinton and Gramm: Crony Capitalism’s Power Couple Clinton and Gramm: Crony Capitalism’s Power Couple
Former senator Phil Gramm helped pass laws that let the banks go wild, yet he’s stayed silent on UBS’s crimes.
Dec 21, 2012 / Robert Scheer
2012: The Year Our Sports Broke 2012: The Year Our Sports Broke
A series of awful stories topped the Associated Press’s “sports stories of the year.”
Dec 21, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Boehner’s Choice Boehner’s Choice
The failure of Plan B has put the House Speaker in a tough position.
Dec 21, 2012 / George Zornick
This Week in Poverty: US Single Mothers—’The Worst Off’ This Week in Poverty: US Single Mothers—’The Worst Off’
Despite working more hours than their peers in other high-income countries, single mothers in the US have higher poverty rates.
Dec 21, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Speaker Boehner Loses It Speaker Boehner Loses It
The Speaker's own House Repulicans abandoned him in the Plan B vote. But the American people already abandoned Boehner and the Republicans on November 6.
Dec 21, 2012 / John Nichols
We Fear Each Other, When Guns Themselves Are The Real Danger We Fear Each Other, When Guns Themselves Are The Real Danger
In guarding ourselves against remote dangers, we make ourselves more vulnerable.
Dec 20, 2012 / Harold Pollack