How Mandatory Minimums Forced Me to Send More Than 1,000 Nonviolent Drug Offenders to Federal Prison How Mandatory Minimums Forced Me to Send More Than 1,000 Nonviolent Drug Offenders to Federal Prison
As a federal district judge in Iowa, I have sentenced a staggering number of low-level drug addicts to long prison terms. This is not justice.
Oct 24, 2012 / Judge Mark W. Bennett
Barry Commoner, the People’s Biologist Barry Commoner, the People’s Biologist
A tribute to the pioneering environmentalist who put science in the service of social justice.
Oct 24, 2012 / Mark Dowie
Ladies, Don’t Fall for Moderate Mitt! Ladies, Don’t Fall for Moderate Mitt!
What Romney may privately believe is far less important than the bargains he has made with the far-right Christian base of his party.
Oct 24, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
What Mitt Romney Could Learn From Taylor Swift What Mitt Romney Could Learn From Taylor Swift
A tale of two entitlements, one of which leads to blockbuster sales and the other to losing the election.
Oct 24, 2012 / Michelle Dean
The Inescapable Gender Wage Gap The Inescapable Gender Wage Gap
New evidence proves the sexist “mommy track” myth wrong.
Oct 24, 2012 / Bryce Covert
The Mainstream Media’s Trivial Pursuit of Campaign 2012 The Mainstream Media’s Trivial Pursuit of Campaign 2012
While neglecting the real issues—and ignoring the radicalization of the Republican Party—reporters obsess over made-up “gaffes” and meaningless campaign mom...
Oct 23, 2012 / Feature / Eric Alterman
What’s Behind the Right’s ‘Obama Is Gay’ Conspiracy What’s Behind the Right’s ‘Obama Is Gay’ Conspiracy
The wing-nuttery’s gaybaiting is not just a fringe phenomenon—it’s part of an old Republican tradition of macho posturing against Democrats.
Oct 23, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Neal Gabler
Romney’s Private Promises to the Log Cabin Republicans Romney’s Private Promises to the Log Cabin Republicans
The GOP candidate airbrushed his record on gay rights to win an endorsement from the only Republican LGBT organization.
Oct 23, 2012 / Ben Adler
Ending Rape Illiteracy Ending Rape Illiteracy
Why the next feminist battle should be defining rape for the masses.
Oct 23, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality
On October 22, people across the country gathered for the seventeenth National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.
Oct 23, 2012 / Francis Reynolds