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Editors Don’t Belong in Courtrooms, and Cecily McMillan Doesn’t Belong in Prison

Editors Don’t Belong in Courtrooms, and Cecily McMillan Doesn’t Belong in Prison Editors Don’t Belong in Courtrooms, and Cecily McMillan Doesn’t Belong in Prison

The jury that convicted the Occupier on May 5 had only been given one side of the story.

May 9, 2014 / Kathryn Funkhouser

We Need to Talk About Cyberbullying

We Need to Talk About Cyberbullying We Need to Talk About Cyberbullying

Close to 20 percent of high school students have admitted to being cyberbullied in the last year.

May 9, 2014 / StudentNation / Kumaran Chanthrakumar and StudentNation

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Keep a Reporter Out of Jail Keep a Reporter Out of Jail

The United States government is insisting that New York Times reporter James Risen reveal a confidential source—or go to jail.

May 8, 2014 / NationAction

States Move to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers

States Move to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers States Move to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers

The NRA quietly approved bills that would prohibit convicted abusers from possessing firearms, after years of opposing such legislation.

May 8, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Does Judge Rudolph Randa Have a Conflict in the Scott Walker Case?

Does Judge Rudolph Randa Have a Conflict in the Scott Walker Case? Does Judge Rudolph Randa Have a Conflict in the Scott Walker Case?

His judicial assistant is married to a top lawyer for Walker’s gubernatorial campaign.

May 8, 2014 / George Zornick

Will the State Department Torpedo Its Last Great Program?

Will the State Department Torpedo Its Last Great Program? Will the State Department Torpedo Its Last Great Program?

Long advertised as a flaship program for American cultural diplomacy, the Fulbright Program is now facing devastating budget cuts.

May 8, 2014 / Ann Jones

Mothers’ Thankless Work Building an Economy for the Rest of Us

Mothers’ Thankless Work Building an Economy for the Rest of Us Mothers’ Thankless Work Building an Economy for the Rest of Us

Women put in long hours inside and outside the home, making a more prosperous economy, and we reward them with crappy public policy.

May 8, 2014 / Bryce Covert

NYPL Shelves Plan to Gut Central Library

NYPL Shelves Plan to Gut Central Library NYPL Shelves Plan to Gut Central Library

After public outcry, the library’s $300 million project to demolish stacks and sell off branch libraries has collapsed.

May 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman

The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly

The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly

The Nation editor and MSNBC host says we have the facts to show that expanding Obamacare will save lives. Not doing so will cost them.

May 7, 2014 / Chris Hayes

‘Nation’ Exclusive: Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Take on America’s Runaway Surveillance State

‘Nation’ Exclusive: Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Take on America’s Runaway Surveillance State ‘Nation’ Exclusive: Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Take on America’s Runaway Surveillance State

“The first principle of any American intelligence official is not an oath to secrecy but a duty to the public, a commitment to speak truth to power.”

May 7, 2014 / Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras

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