Obama’s Nominee for Labor Department Head Has Championed Domestic Workers’ Rights Obama’s Nominee for Labor Department Head Has Championed Domestic Workers’ Rights
Thomas Perez once pushed for a domestic workers’ bill of rights. Could he help the movement at the federal level?
Mar 18, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Voting Rights Are Once Again Challenged at the Supreme Court Voting Rights Are Once Again Challenged at the Supreme Court
In hearing a challenge to Arizona’s proof of citizenship law for voter registration, the Justices will decide what powers Congress has to protect the right to vote.
Mar 18, 2013 / Ari Berman
Did the International Criminal Court Help Elect Kenya’s Next President? Did the International Criminal Court Help Elect Kenya’s Next President?
The ICC’s decision to prosecute Uhuru Kenyatta for crimes against humanity—and the Court’s imperial demeanor—invigorated his Kikuyu base.
Mar 16, 2013 / Karen Rothmyer
This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets
The Ryan budget proposal’s devastating implications and the clear, humane alternative proposed by the CPC.
Mar 16, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets
At look at the Ryan budget proposal's devastating implications and the clear, humane alternative proposed by the CPC.
Mar 16, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Microsoft Helps Sponsor CPAC’s Anti-Gay Conference Microsoft Helps Sponsor CPAC’s Anti-Gay Conference
Microsoft, a company staking out a public position as pro-equality, helps underwrite a conservative group pushing to exclude gays from the Republican Party.
Mar 15, 2013 / Lee Fang
Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 15 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 15
Across the country, universities are breaking their promises—on affordability, diversity and protection against rape. What do students have to say about it?
Mar 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Fast Times at MSNBC Fast Times at MSNBC
Chris Hayes moves up, Ed Schultz moves over and the man who taped the Romney “47 percent” video moves into the light.
Mar 14, 2013 / Leslie Savan
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/15/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/15/13)
Warrior cops, Massive Open Online Courses, mulling mullahs and a new Great Game in the Arctic.
Mar 14, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Dark Side of Democracy The Dark Side of Democracy
The lead-up to the Iraq War ten years ago shows us how the media today falsely correlates importance and exclusivity.
Mar 14, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson