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Republicans Spent the Weekend Lying Their Faces Off About Health Care Republicans Spent the Weekend Lying Their Faces Off About Health Care

Cuts to Medicaid? What cuts to Medicaid? There are no cuts to Medicaid here.

Jun 26, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Maricopa County elections sign

Could This Put an End to Gerrymandering? Could This Put an End to Gerrymandering?

The Fair Representation Act, introduced today in the House of Representatives, would allow everyone to have a say in our democracy.

Jun 26, 2017 / Anita Earls

A U.S. Special Forces trainer supervises a military assault drill for a unit within the Sudan People's Liberation Army conducted in Nzara on the outskirts of Yambio

American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017 American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017

And we’re only halfway through the year.

Jun 26, 2017 / Nick Turse

Salim vs. Michell

These CIA Torture Victims May Finally Have a Chance at Justice These CIA Torture Victims May Finally Have a Chance at Justice

A lawsuit filed on behalf of former “black site” prisoners is now scheduled to go to trial—but in seeking restitution, the detainees have had to relive their torment.  &n...

Jun 26, 2017 / Larry Siems

Seattle Storm players

The Seattle Storm and Planned Parenthood Break New Ground The Seattle Storm and Planned Parenthood Break New Ground

The WNBA franchise is standing with Planned Parenthood.

Jun 26, 2017 / Dave Zirin

African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.

Jun 26, 2017 / Feature / Leah Douglas

Charleena Lyles

Charleena Lyles Was Killed by a Police Department Under a Consent Decree Charleena Lyles Was Killed by a Police Department Under a Consent Decree

The untimely death of a 30-year-old woman demonstrates the obvious need for more scrutiny of police, not less.

Jun 23, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

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Why Does the Far Right Hold a Near-Monopoly on Political Violence? Why Does the Far Right Hold a Near-Monopoly on Political Violence?

Studies show that most people across the political spectrum abhor it. So what might explain the disparity?

Jun 23, 2017 / Joshua Holland

The Republic of Rogue Island

The Republic of Rogue Island The Republic of Rogue Island

Here's what one state's radical experiment after the American Revolution can tell us about democracy today.

Jun 23, 2017 / Tom Cutterham

Jay Leno

On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power

Joel Whitney, whose book Finks is about the CIA’s subversion of US culture, talks about the scars left by the Cold War.

Jun 22, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

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