‘Star Trek’ and the Twilight of Idealism ‘Star Trek’ and the Twilight of Idealism
Doesn't anyone dream of the stars in culture or in politics anymore?
May 23, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Dean
Women’s Equality or Public Financing? We Need Both Women’s Equality or Public Financing? We Need Both
Republicans are obfuscating the debate by offering a false choice between gender equality and the public financing of elections, when really the two issues are deeply linked. ...
May 23, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katha Pollitt: Is Religion Inherently Sexist? Katha Pollitt: Is Religion Inherently Sexist?
Katha Pollitt speaks at length about whether religion can ever untie the knot between centuries-old ideology and sexism.
May 23, 2013 / Press Room
Bhaskar Sunkara: Beyond the Welfare State Bhaskar Sunkara: Beyond the Welfare State
What if creating a more just world requires a radical reimagining of our political and economic system?
May 23, 2013 / Francis Reynolds
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why Write About Politics? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why Write About Politics?
In an age of political discourse confined to partisan squabbling, social justice movements and ideas demand attention.
May 22, 2013 / Press Room
The Feminist Case Against a Woman President: A Response to Jessica Valenti The Feminist Case Against a Woman President: A Response to Jessica Valenti
Feminism is not any single person or outcome, it’s a practice, and a far more active one than Valenti gives credit for.
May 22, 2013 / Amy Schiller
Susan B. Anthony List: The NRA of the Anti-Choice Movement? Susan B. Anthony List: The NRA of the Anti-Choice Movement?
Susan B. Anthony fought her whole life for women’s rights. Now a group using her name wants to win elections to roll them back.
May 22, 2013 / Ilyse Hogue
Liliana Segura: Memphis Prisoner Wins Freedom After Pleading Guilty to Crime He Didn’t Commit Liliana Segura: Memphis Prisoner Wins Freedom After Pleading Guilty to Crime He Didn’t Commit
After three trials, Memphis prisoner Timothy McKinney won his freedom by pleading guilty to a crime he never did.
May 22, 2013 / Press Room
Obama’s Assault on the Press Obama’s Assault on the Press
Prosecution of whistleblowers, dragnet seizure of phone records, the threatened criminalization of basic news-gathering—it’s dangerous for the media, and dangerous for ...
May 22, 2013 / The Editors
The AP’s Privacy, and Ours The AP’s Privacy, and Ours
The uproar over government searches of media phone records should not obscure the deeper problem—the law’s failure to protect the privacy of all of us in the digital ag...
May 22, 2013 / David Cole