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Lobbyists Targeting Liberal Groups Channeled Chinese Hackers’ Strategy

Lobbyists Targeting Liberal Groups Channeled Chinese Hackers’ Strategy Lobbyists Targeting Liberal Groups Channeled Chinese Hackers’ Strategy

The Chamber of Commerce was planning a campaign to illegally hack its critics, and others could easily follow suit. Will cyberwar extend to domestic political campaigns?

Mar 4, 2013 / Lee Fang

At the ‘Largest Climate Rally in History,’ Where Was Everybody?

At the ‘Largest Climate Rally in History,’ Where Was Everybody? At the ‘Largest Climate Rally in History,’ Where Was Everybody?

Why is it so tough for people to get their heads around climate change?

Mar 4, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

A Football Stadium Becomes Ground Zero in the Fight Against the New Jim Crow

A Football Stadium Becomes Ground Zero in the Fight Against the New Jim Crow A Football Stadium Becomes Ground Zero in the Fight Against the New Jim Crow

Florida Atlantic University students are saying “no” to renaming the school’s football stadium after a private prison.

Mar 4, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Hannity’s Brand: Slap Ellison, Defend Woodward and Always Mislead

Hannity’s Brand: Slap Ellison, Defend Woodward and Always Mislead Hannity’s Brand: Slap Ellison, Defend Woodward and Always Mislead

Desperate to seem relevant again, the Fox host has been trying his best to manufacture news. 

Mar 1, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Cornell NYC Tech’s Alarming Ties to the Israeli Occupation

Cornell NYC Tech’s Alarming Ties to the Israeli Occupation Cornell NYC Tech’s Alarming Ties to the Israeli Occupation

Community members are concerned about Cornell’s partnership with Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, whose research and development help sustain Israel’s occupatio...

Mar 1, 2013 / Adam Hudson

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1

This week, students across the country rail against program cuts, tuition hikes and racist university policies. What’s next for reproductive justice in Alabama? Could Congres...

Mar 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

stop the war on women

Battling Feminist Burnout Battling Feminist Burnout

Here’s how to stay up in a downer world. 

Mar 1, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

Why Does Congress’s Only Cherokee Member Keep Voting Against VAWA?

Why Does Congress’s Only Cherokee Member Keep Voting Against VAWA? Why Does Congress’s Only Cherokee Member Keep Voting Against VAWA?

Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) voted against both versions of VAWA reauthorization. If only he would explain why.

Mar 1, 2013 / Aura Bogado

Honoring Rosa Parks Requires More Than a Statue

Honoring Rosa Parks Requires More Than a Statue Honoring Rosa Parks Requires More Than a Statue

The memorial to Parks turned her into a meek and redemptive figure—instead of the radical freedom fighter she was until the end of her life.

Feb 28, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Marwa Amer and Jeanne Theoharis

The Fight Over Seth MacFarlane Is a Study in Self-Confidence

The Fight Over Seth MacFarlane Is a Study in Self-Confidence The Fight Over Seth MacFarlane Is a Study in Self-Confidence

Too often, the defenders of sexism and racism, at the Oscars or in this world, manage to exhaust others right out of the conversation.

Feb 28, 2013 / Michelle Dean

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