Lance Armstrong Will Be Stripped of All His Titles, but Not His Fans Lance Armstrong Will Be Stripped of All His Titles, but Not His Fans
The cyclist has backed away from fighting charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs, but his fans won't back away from him.
Aug 24, 2012 / Dave Zirin
After Sikh Temple Shootings, New Focus on Combating Hate Crimes After Sikh Temple Shootings, New Focus on Combating Hate Crimes
Michelle Obama's visit Thursday to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin came as activists, senators push for bolder response to violence and hatred.
Aug 23, 2012 / John Nichols
Mitt Romney’s Hypocrisy on Disability Mitt Romney’s Hypocrisy on Disability
A new Romney campaign ad would have you believe healthcare reform was bad for the disabled. Actually, it is Romney’s policies that would put them at risk.
Aug 23, 2012 / Ben Adler
‘Poem about My Rights’: Todd Akin, Meet June Jordan ‘Poem about My Rights’: Todd Akin, Meet June Jordan
Todd Akin, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan all have me thinking of June Jordan’s great “Poem about My Rights.”
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders
How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama
The NRA’s dire warnings that the president is a threat to the Second Amendment are bogus—but profitable.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy
Locked Up Without a Key in New Orleans Locked Up Without a Key in New Orleans
Seven years after Katrina, poor people accused of crimes are being denied their right to counsel and left to languish behind bars.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Karen Houppert
GOP Convention Will Formally Endorse the Todd Akin Platform GOP Convention Will Formally Endorse the Todd Akin Platform
Will Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan distance themselves from the new Republican platform, as they have from Akin?
Aug 22, 2012 / John Nichols
Behind the Bureau: On the FBI Behind the Bureau: On the FBI
Tim Weiner’s Enemies is not so much a history of the FBI as a compendium of interesting historical material.
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage
Does It Matter Why Women Have Abortions? Does It Matter Why Women Have Abortions?
Yes, it does. Let’s talk about the context in which women seek abortion care—not to sort the deserving from the unworthy but to create better public policy for all.
Aug 21, 2012 / Emily Douglas
Greg Kaufmann: Sweeping up After Billionaires, but No Living Wage Greg Kaufmann: Sweeping up After Billionaires, but No Living Wage
A successful five-week strike still leaves the Houston janitors below $10 an hour, while Pennsylvania eliminates healthcare for scores of children.
Aug 21, 2012 / Press Room