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Are Memphis Prosecutors Trying to Send an Innocent Man Back to Death Row?

Are Memphis Prosecutors Trying to Send an Innocent Man Back to Death Row? Are Memphis Prosecutors Trying to Send an Innocent Man Back to Death Row?

Witnesses say they saw Timothy McKinney shoot an off-duty police officer in 1997. But their stories have changed—and the DA’s office has been caught hiding evidence in ...

Mar 20, 2013 / Feature / Liliana Segura

John Nichols: The Death and Rebirth of Journalism

John Nichols: The Death and Rebirth of Journalism John Nichols: The Death and Rebirth of Journalism

If the field has a future, what will it look like? And what does this mean for American democracy?

Mar 20, 2013 / Press Room

Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique

Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique

For Betty Friedan, feminism was humanism: a question of growth, maturation and identity.

Mar 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein

The Quarrels of Others: On Anti-Semitism The Quarrels of Others: On Anti-Semitism

With Anti-Judaism, David Nirenberg has recast the debate about the origins and nature of anti-Semitism in Western thought.

Mar 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / R.I. Moore

Women in Healthcare Suffer Abuse Inside and Outside the Home

Women in Healthcare Suffer Abuse Inside and Outside the Home Women in Healthcare Suffer Abuse Inside and Outside the Home

The difficult conditions that affect domestic workers also plague nurses in hospitals.

Mar 20, 2013 / Bryce Covert

‘Top of the Lake’: The Most Remarkable Depiction of Violence Against Women on TV

‘Top of the Lake’: The Most Remarkable Depiction of Violence Against Women on TV ‘Top of the Lake’: The Most Remarkable Depiction of Violence Against Women on TV

The show somehow understands things about the pervasiveness and horror of violence and sexual abuse that most police procedurals don’t.

Mar 19, 2013 / Michelle Dean

AUDIO: New York’s Police Union Worked With the NYPD to Set Arrest and Summons Quotas

AUDIO: New York’s Police Union Worked With the NYPD to Set Arrest and Summons Quotas AUDIO: New York’s Police Union Worked With the NYPD to Set Arrest and Summons Quotas

The department’s emphasis on numbers and the union's cooperation has led to millions of suspicion-less stop-and-frisks.

Mar 19, 2013 / Ross Tuttle

Who Did You Rape in the War, Daddy?

Who Did You Rape in the War, Daddy? Who Did You Rape in the War, Daddy?

It’s time to start asking questions of our veterans—hard questions—so that they're not shouldering the blame, or truth, of war alone.

Mar 19, 2013 / Nick Turse

It’s Time to Play… Conservative Mystery Date!

It’s Time to Play… Conservative Mystery Date! It’s Time to Play… Conservative Mystery Date!

Who'll be the lucky man (or troll) for you?

Mar 19, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

Not Just Hillary Clinton: Why So Many Republicans Are Embracing Marriage Equality

Not Just Hillary Clinton: Why So Many Republicans Are Embracing Marriage Equality Not Just Hillary Clinton: Why So Many Republicans Are Embracing Marriage Equality

Republicans know they must turn toward supporting gay marriage—evidence of how much progress LGBT activists have made.

Mar 19, 2013 / John Nichols

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