Did the CIA Illegally Spy on the Senate? Now We May Never Know Did the CIA Illegally Spy on the Senate? Now We May Never Know
The Department of Justice won't investigate shocking claims made earlier this year.
Jul 10, 2014 / George Zornick
Spied On for Being Muslim Spied On for Being Muslim
A new investigation by The Intercept reveals how racist anti-Muslim neocons are driving the nation’s law enforcement agenda.
Jul 10, 2014 / Moustafa Bayoumi
The Senate Judiciary Committee Just Backed an Amendment to Overturn ‘Citizens United’ The Senate Judiciary Committee Just Backed an Amendment to Overturn ‘Citizens United’
Grassroots movement forces Washington to get serious about real reform of a broken campaign-finance system.
Jul 10, 2014 / John Nichols
Responses to Noam Chomsky on Israel-Palestine and BDS Responses to Noam Chomsky on Israel-Palestine and BDS
Writers defend the tactic of boycott, divestment, and sanctions.
Jul 10, 2014 / Yousef Munayyer, M.J. Rosenberg, Nadia Ben-Youssef, Ran Greenstein, and USACBI
The GOP’s Completely Incoherent Stance on the Border Crisis The GOP’s Completely Incoherent Stance on the Border Crisis
Now that Obama has asked for nearly $4 billion to help kick the kids out more quickly, Republicans don’t want to pony up the money.
Jul 10, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Does America Still Torture? Does America Still Torture?
President Barack Obama made a big deal of turning the page on Bush-era “interrogration techniques,” but how much has really changed?
Jul 10, 2014 / Rebecca Gordon
Obama Fiddles While Gaza Burns Obama Fiddles While Gaza Burns
Sort of like what President Bush and Condi Rice did in January 2009
Jul 10, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Transgender Violence Is a #YesAllWomen Issue Transgender Violence Is a #YesAllWomen Issue
By failing to connect the plight of trans women to the struggles of all women, feminists overlook the same culture of male entitlement they seek to combat.
Jul 10, 2014 / Meredith Talusan
The Shocking Ways We Talked About Birth Control in 1932 The Shocking Ways We Talked About Birth Control in 1932
Margaret Sanger and Charlotte Perkins Gilman and John Dewey, oh my!
Jul 10, 2014 / Richard Kreitner
This Is What Happens When the Security State and Anti-Muslim Paranoia Collide This Is What Happens When the Security State and Anti-Muslim Paranoia Collide
A new report reveals that the NSA spied on five prominent American Muslims.
Jul 9, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter