The Campaign to Gut the Right to Abortion in Tennessee Is Getting Shady The Campaign to Gut the Right to Abortion in Tennessee Is Getting Shady
Anti-abortion groups are using fear, misinformation and possibly even illegal meddling at the polls to push a constitutional amendment that would open the door to restrictive legis...
Oct 28, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster? Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster?
Climate change is destroying Odessa’s famed Kuyalnik Estuary, where health tourists and war refugees live side by side.
Oct 28, 2014 / Dimiter Kenarov
Trauma, Death, and Forgiveness on the Front Lines of American Life Trauma, Death, and Forgiveness on the Front Lines of American Life
How a surgeon copes with deaths of young Americans from gunshot wounds, and why a mother chose to forgive her son's killer.
Oct 28, 2014 / Studs Terkel
Did Sheldon Adelson Just Up the Ante on Scott Walker’s Behalf? Did Sheldon Adelson Just Up the Ante on Scott Walker’s Behalf?
With campaign-finance rules collapsing, a billionaire moves last-minute money to Wisconsin Republicans.
Oct 28, 2014 / John Nichols
Joan Jett Gets Out the Vote Joan Jett Gets Out the Vote
Political art collective Department of Peace's new Get Out the Vote campaign stars Joan Jett in a call to young voters.
Oct 28, 2014 / Peter Rothberg
Other Dangerous Epidemics in America Other Dangerous Epidemics in America
Ebola ain't the half of it.
Oct 27, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
‘We’re Turning Our Back on the Most Important Civil Rights Law That’s Ever Been Passed’ ‘We’re Turning Our Back on the Most Important Civil Rights Law That’s Ever Been Passed’
Watch Ari Berman speak to Bill Moyers about the restrictive voter ID law in Texas.
Oct 27, 2014 / Ari Berman
Will Black Voters Help Protect Abortion Rights in Tennessee? Will Black Voters Help Protect Abortion Rights in Tennessee?
How one reproductive justice organization is working to make sure black voters help defeat Amendment 1.
Oct 27, 2014 / Dani McClain
Can a ‘Yelp’ for Immigrant Guestworkers Help Them Avoid Abusive Bosses? Can a ‘Yelp’ for Immigrant Guestworkers Help Them Avoid Abusive Bosses?
In the fight against labor exploitation, a new tool allows workers to be their own watchdogs.
Oct 27, 2014 / Michelle Chen
If the GOP Takes the Senate, Climate-Change Deniers Will Control Key Committees If the GOP Takes the Senate, Climate-Change Deniers Will Control Key Committees
A Republican Senate could threaten the EPA and reverse some environmental policy gains.
Oct 27, 2014 / Lee Fang