A Holiday Reminder: Give Thanks for the Groups Who Resettle Refugees, and Live Up to American Ideals A Holiday Reminder: Give Thanks for the Groups Who Resettle Refugees, and Live Up to American Ideals
On this holiday that celebrates gratitude, be thankful that religious and nonprofit refugee-aid workers are also fighting Islamophobia.
Nov 25, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Getting God Out of Football Getting God Out of Football
Believers and non-believers alike should welcome Aaron Rodgers’s and Arian Foster’s dissent against the constant invocation of Christ in football.
Sep 21, 2015 / Dave Zirin
The Apache vs. Rio Tinto The Apache vs. Rio Tinto
The San Carlos tribe is fighting to block a massive mining project that would cut a two-mile wide crater through sacred land.
Jul 31, 2015 / Nick Kimbrell
In Indiana, Employers Can Fire Workers for Being Gay or Trans—and They Do, All the Time In Indiana, Employers Can Fire Workers for Being Gay or Trans—and They Do, All the Time
LGBT Americans now have the freedom to marry—but what about freedom from discrimination at work? That’ll take a new movement.
Jul 21, 2015 / Investigation / Tim Murphy
July 10, 1925: The Scopes Trial Begins in Tennessee July 10, 1925: The Scopes Trial Begins in Tennessee
“The Old Testament, to them, is not a mere sacerdotal whizz-bang, to be read for its pornography; it is an authoritative history.”
Jul 10, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Can Tunisia’s Democracy Survive Terrorism? Can Tunisia’s Democracy Survive Terrorism?
Some Tunisians fear that the government’s proposed solution to deal with violent radicals will undo the victories of the 2011 revolution.
Jun 29, 2015 / Juan Cole
The Next Tactic In the Right’s Fight Against Gay Marriage? ‘Religious Liberty’ The Next Tactic In the Right’s Fight Against Gay Marriage? ‘Religious Liberty’
And the GOP presidential contenders are leading the charge.
Jun 29, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
There Are No Abortion Cakes There Are No Abortion Cakes
If CEOs are worried that their LGBT employees won’t be treated as equals in Indiana, they should show as much concern for their pregnant and potentially pregnant employees.
Apr 8, 2015 / Katha Pollitt
Theocracy Versus Democracy Theocracy Versus Democracy
How the reckless Hobby Lobby decision has excited the imagination of the right wing.
Apr 3, 2015 / William Greider