Should We Stop Talking About National Security? Should We Stop Talking About National Security?
Our government has always justified its worst abuses of power—here and abroad—on the basis of “national security.”
Jul 1, 2014 / Noam Chomsky
Wage Theft, Dangerous Conditions and Discrimination: Inside New York’s Food Industry Wage Theft, Dangerous Conditions and Discrimination: Inside New York’s Food Industry
A new report reveals the vast majority of workers are immigrants and people of color who earn about $8 less than the industry average.
Jul 1, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones Opens the Door to Further Challenges Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones Opens the Door to Further Challenges
While the Court did not strike down barrier zones in other states and cities, the people who brought us McCullen can take those statutes on next.
Jul 1, 2014 / Emily Jane Goodman
We Denounced the Israel Lobby Back in 1976 We Denounced the Israel Lobby Back in 1976
Early warnings of an American policy in thrall to the Israeli right.
Jul 1, 2014 / Richard Kreitner
From Pride to Freedom Summer to ‘Aycock’ Hall, Students Mass for Racial Justice From Pride to Freedom Summer to ‘Aycock’ Hall, Students Mass for Racial Justice
Across the country, the summer is heating up with youth-led direct action.
Jul 1, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Saga of Christie, Samson and the American Dream Megamall: Part I The Saga of Christie, Samson and the American Dream Megamall: Part I
Yet another multibillion-dollar conflict-of-interest tangle involving the New Jersey governor and the former chairman of the Port Authority.
Jul 1, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Drones Are Great. Just Ask a Drone! Drones Are Great. Just Ask a Drone!
Be careful what you say about drones—they might be listening.
Jul 1, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities
The regime has repeatedly carried out artillery and air attacks on city centers, creating a humanitarian catastrophe—which is all but ignored by the US political-media establ...
Jun 30, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
‘Exporting Gaza’: The Arming of Brazil’s World Cup Security ‘Exporting Gaza’: The Arming of Brazil’s World Cup Security
The role that Israel is playing in arming Brazil's World Cup securities has activists up in arms, and raises disturbing questions about the future of our cities.
Jun 30, 2014 / Dave Zirin
25 Years Later, America Is Still Struggling to ‘Do the Right Thing’ 25 Years Later, America Is Still Struggling to ‘Do the Right Thing’
On the 25th anniversity of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing," America needs to ask itself some hard questions.
Jun 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Mychal Denzel Smith