Society

Utah’s Legislature Paves the Way for Execution by Firing Squad

Utah’s Legislature Paves the Way for Execution by Firing Squad Utah’s Legislature Paves the Way for Execution by Firing Squad

Chris Hayes talks to a GOP congressman who wants to bring back the firing squad about the ethics of the death penalty.

Mar 12, 2015 / Chris Hayes

Does It Matter That Hillary Clinton Deleted Her E-Mails?

Does It Matter That Hillary Clinton Deleted Her E-Mails? Does It Matter That Hillary Clinton Deleted Her E-Mails?

Why might Clinton have chosen to bring on the perception problems that come with deleting e-mail?

Mar 12, 2015 / George Zornick

New York University

NYU’s Graduate Student Union Just Won a Historic Contract NYU’s Graduate Student Union Just Won a Historic Contract

Rank-and-file organizing pays dividends for the nation’s only private graduate student union.

Mar 11, 2015 / Avi Asher-Schapiro

Should a Criminal Record Be a Life Sentence to Poverty?

Should a Criminal Record Be a Life Sentence to Poverty? Should a Criminal Record Be a Life Sentence to Poverty?

New legislation in the Senate is a first step to giving the more than 70 million Americans with criminal records a second chance.

Mar 11, 2015 / Rebecca Vallas

‘Daily News’ to GOP ‘Traitors’: Drop Dead

‘Daily News’ to GOP ‘Traitors’: Drop Dead ‘Daily News’ to GOP ‘Traitors’: Drop Dead

The Fox News Congress gets a taste of its own medicine.

Mar 11, 2015 / Leslie Savan

Nigerian Women in the Crosshairs

Nigerian Women in the Crosshairs Nigerian Women in the Crosshairs

Amid a delayed election and a horrific Boko Haram insurgency, Nigerian women and girls are increasingly becoming targets—and tools—of violence.

Mar 11, 2015 / Krista Walton Potter, Anna Tenuta, and Foreign Policy In Focus

Chip Kelly, John Carlos and the ‘R-Word’

Chip Kelly, John Carlos and the ‘R-Word’ Chip Kelly, John Carlos and the ‘R-Word’

I have seen Eagles coach Chip Kelly be brave on questions of race. But that doesn’t mean we should be afraid to talk about racism and the Eagles.

Mar 10, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Obamacare’s Latest Test: Partisan Hackery

Obamacare’s Latest Test: Partisan Hackery Obamacare’s Latest Test: Partisan Hackery

If only there was some way to know what the authors of the Affordable Care Act really intended.

Mar 10, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Making Investigations of Shootings by the Police Open, Transparent, Independent

Making Investigations of Shootings by the Police Open, Transparent, Independent Making Investigations of Shootings by the Police Open, Transparent, Independent

In Wisconsin, where another African-American man has been killed, a new law requires outside review of officer-involved deaths.

Mar 9, 2015 / John Nichols

A Broken Compensation System Is Leaving the Most Vulnerable Workers in Pain

A Broken Compensation System Is Leaving the Most Vulnerable Workers in Pain A Broken Compensation System Is Leaving the Most Vulnerable Workers in Pain

A new report reveals the gradual erosion of employer liability requirements that have left workers alone to shoulder the costs of workplace injury.

Mar 9, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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