‘Orange Is the New Black’ Is Dead Wrong About Disability ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Is Dead Wrong About Disability
Media portrayals that reinforce negative stereotypes about social programs and the individuals helped by them sow the seeds for damaging cuts.
Jun 24, 2015 / Rebecca Vallas
Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him
Inevitability is just about the only thing animating Jindal’s presidential bid.
Jun 24, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Congressional Democrats Introduce Ambitious New Bill to Restore the Voting Rights Act Congressional Democrats Introduce Ambitious New Bill to Restore the Voting Rights Act
Two years ago, the Supreme Court gutted the VRA. Senator Patrick Leahy and Congressman John Lewis have a plan to fix that.
Jun 24, 2015 / Ari Berman
A History of Hate Rock From Johnny Rebel to Dylann Roof A History of Hate Rock From Johnny Rebel to Dylann Roof
One of the most powerful tools white power groups use to spread their ideology to young people is music.
Jun 23, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Blackness as Being, Whiteness as Nothingness Blackness as Being, Whiteness as Nothingness
Nell Painter and Herman Melville on American racism as existentialism.
Jun 23, 2015 / Greg Grandin
The Greatest Threats to American National Security Are Guns and the Police The Greatest Threats to American National Security Are Guns and the Police
When toddler killings outpace terror killings in the United States, the biggest problem is not jihad.
Jun 23, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
Pope Francis Versus Wall Street Pope Francis Versus Wall Street
The pope's encyclical on climate change is a call for economic justice.
Jun 23, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The True Story of a Texas Prison Riot The True Story of a Texas Prison Riot
And how our rush to lock up immigrants has overwhelmed the federal prison system.
Jun 23, 2015 / Investigation / Seth Freed Wessler
The 2 Degrees of Separation Between Dylann Roof and the Republican Party The 2 Degrees of Separation Between Dylann Roof and the Republican Party
The Council of Conservative Citizens, which helped inspire Roof’s rampage, condemns the killings but says he had ‘legitimate grievances’.
Jun 22, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
June 22, 1944: FDR Signs the GI Bill June 22, 1944: FDR Signs the GI Bill
We like to remember the GI Bill of Rights as non-partisan, but we forget the fierce opposition the bill faced from segregationist Southern Democrats.
Jun 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner