Color of Change Targets Members of the Congressional Black Caucus in the Fight to Preserve Net Neutrality Color of Change Targets Members of the Congressional Black Caucus in the Fight to Preserve Net Neutrality
The organization is calling out members of the CBC it believes are siding with the telecom industry over the interests of everyday Internet users.
Jul 14, 2014 / NationAction
Hobby Lobby Is Now Discriminating Against a Transgender Employee Hobby Lobby Is Now Discriminating Against a Transgender Employee
After being denied access to workplace facilities for being transgender, a Hobby Lobby employee is now pressing a discrimination case with the Illinois Human Rights Commission.
Jul 14, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Christie Accelerates 2016 Travels, GOP Fundraising Christie Accelerates 2016 Travels, GOP Fundraising
He’s trying to put Bridgegate behind him.
Jul 14, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Rupert Murdoch’s 3 Most Egregiously Ignorant Claims About Climate Change Rupert Murdoch’s 3 Most Egregiously Ignorant Claims About Climate Change
“We should approach climate change with great skepticism,” says the king of the climate denial media machine.
Jul 14, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Iran-Saudi Deal Is Crucial to Resolve Iraq-Syria Civil War Iran-Saudi Deal Is Crucial to Resolve Iraq-Syria Civil War
The Saudis, who back the Sunni side in the region’s Sunni-Shiite proxy war, have no use for ISIS.
Jul 14, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Art & the State in South Africa Art & the State in South Africa
For Nadine Gordimer in 1983, the arts in South Africa were simply “the sum of various states of alienation.”
Jul 14, 2014 / Nadine Gordimer
America: The Impotent Superpower America: The Impotent Superpower
American military and corporate power have triumphed over all rivals—so why does the United States still struggle to impose its will on the world?
Jul 14, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Will the UN’s New High Commissioner on Human Rights Fight for the Millions Who Need Him? Will the UN’s New High Commissioner on Human Rights Fight for the Millions Who Need Him?
Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein’s predecessor, Navi Pillay, drew attention to human rights violations across the globe. Will Zeid do the same?
Jul 14, 2014 / Barbara Crossette
Bastille Day, Individualism and the Concept of Progress—in 1939 Bastille Day, Individualism and the Concept of Progress—in 1939
Reflections on the meaning of the French Revolution in the shadow of Adolf Hitler.
Jul 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
In Politics and Art, ‘Stories Are Dangerous’ In Politics and Art, ‘Stories Are Dangerous’
In fact, says theater director Anne Bogart, stories can be “fascistic.”
Jul 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Savan