Why Is Georgia About to Pass a Law That Will Make It Easier to Send Poor People to Prison? Why Is Georgia About to Pass a Law That Will Make It Easier to Send Poor People to Prison?
After extensive lobbying, the private probation industry is poised to wield ever more power over Georgia’s debtors.
Apr 7, 2014 / Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville
Will the IMF Bailout Turn Ukraine Into Another Greece? Will the IMF Bailout Turn Ukraine Into Another Greece?
Ordinary people will be the undisputed losers in the International Monetary Fund’s loan deal with Ukraine.
Apr 7, 2014 / Alec Luhn
How a Clerical Error Barred This Stanford Student From the United States How a Clerical Error Barred This Stanford Student From the United States
Rahinah Ibrahim’s life was derailed by the tangle of national security bureaucracies that have come to define post-9/11 America.
Apr 7, 2014 / Peter Van Buren
Wall Street Targets GOP Critic of Big Money and Big Banks for Primary Defeat Wall Street Targets GOP Critic of Big Money and Big Banks for Primary Defeat
North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones is a conservative backer of fair elections. Big Money wants him out of the House.
Apr 7, 2014 / John Nichols
Men on the Edge of Panic: Boomer Esiason, Mike Francesa and Toxic Masculinity Men on the Edge of Panic: Boomer Esiason, Mike Francesa and Toxic Masculinity
Recent comments by New York City sports radio stars Boomer Esiason and Mike Francesa revealed more than they intended.
Apr 7, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Brooklyn Teachers Push Back Against High-Stakes Testing Brooklyn Teachers Push Back Against High-Stakes Testing
There’s a huge undercurrent of resentment building to what even many school administrators are calling unreliable, unfair, unintelligible and unnecessary tests.
Apr 6, 2014 / Peter Rothberg
A Grand Jury Is Quizzing a Key Christie Spokesman A Grand Jury Is Quizzing a Key Christie Spokesman
Looks like the US attorney is calling witnesses to testify, on both Bridgegate and the Hoboken charges.
Apr 5, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
How to Break the Israel-Palestine Deadlock How to Break the Israel-Palestine Deadlock
Kerry should release an American peace plan and let the chips fall where they may.
Apr 5, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Since FDR We’ve Been Fighting To Get Money Out of Politics This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Since FDR We’ve Been Fighting To Get Money Out of Politics
The struggle for genuine reform is in the noblest traditions of this magazine.
Apr 5, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s Not Just Uganda: Behind the Christian Right’s Onslaught in Africa It’s Not Just Uganda: Behind the Christian Right’s Onslaught in Africa
For years now, evangelical activists from the United States have been speaking out against homosexuality and cheering on antigay legislation all over Africa.
Apr 4, 2014 / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus