Society

Pfizer New York headquarters

Stop a Drug Company From Dodging $35 Billion in Taxes Stop a Drug Company From Dodging $35 Billion in Taxes

Pfizer plans to use “corporate inversion” to reap a huge tax break.

Mar 18, 2016 / NationAction

Kanye West

Faith, More, Safe, War Faith, More, Safe, War

On The Life of Pablo, where Kanye West most fully shares his doubts, he is more convincing as a Christian than on his other albums.

Mar 18, 2016 / Frank Guan

Jayhawks

How the Kansas Jayhawks Can Help Stop the Madness How the Kansas Jayhawks Can Help Stop the Madness

NCAA programs are rarely seen as part of the fight to change a thoroughly corrupt operation. Kansas could be different.

Mar 17, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Preschoolers

Black Kids in Mississippi Are Being Systematically Denied the Services They Are Entitled To Black Kids in Mississippi Are Being Systematically Denied the Services They Are Entitled To

The government’s mistrust of local communities is so strong, it’s underwriting the miseducation of a whole generation.

Mar 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen

America, the Unaffordable

America, the Unaffordable America, the Unaffordable

There’s a housing crisis. Everywhere. Can New York City create a blueprint to solve it?

Mar 17, 2016 / Feature / DW Gibson

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grasley

Now That We Have a Supreme Court Nominee, Tell GOP Senators to Do Their Job Now That We Have a Supreme Court Nominee, Tell GOP Senators to Do Their Job

Senate Republicans are still refusing to even consider Merrick Garland, President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court.

Mar 16, 2016 / NationAction

Anita Alvarez

Organizers Celebrate the Defeat of Anita Alvarez by Planning Their Next Steps Organizers Celebrate the Defeat of Anita Alvarez by Planning Their Next Steps

The fight has just begun.

Mar 16, 2016 / Deborah L. Shelton

Barack Obama and Merrick Garland

Obama Picked a Safe SCOTUS Nominee—This Is How It Could Backfire Obama Picked a Safe SCOTUS Nominee—This Is How It Could Backfire

An early look at activists on the left shows some reticence toward Obama’s pick.

Mar 16, 2016 / George Zornick

Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really a ‘Surprise’?

Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really a ‘Surprise’? Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really a ‘Surprise’?

American officials and pundits expressed “surprise” over Putin’s announcement while missing its primary significance.

Mar 16, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Confidence in Mexico

Confidence in Mexico Confidence in Mexico

Nothing is more important for Mexicans than regaining a sense of security in their own lives. But the threat of moral decomposition is growing.

Mar 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Enrique Krauze

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