Justice for Patriot Mineworkers? Justice for Patriot Mineworkers?
What's happening in St. Louis doesn’t look like a coal-field war, but the same things are at stake: reciprocity, respect, fair play.
May 23, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why Write About Politics? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why Write About Politics?
In an age of political discourse confined to partisan squabbling, social justice movements and ideas demand attention.
May 22, 2013 / Press Room
Jamie Dimon Escapes Shareholder Censure—For Now Jamie Dimon Escapes Shareholder Censure—For Now
Using familiar Wall Street tactics, JPMorgan Chase rigged the rules in his favor. But the movement for corporate accountability lives on.
May 22, 2013 / Alexis Goldstein
The Feminist Case Against a Woman President: A Response to Jessica Valenti The Feminist Case Against a Woman President: A Response to Jessica Valenti
Feminism is not any single person or outcome, it’s a practice, and a far more active one than Valenti gives credit for.
May 22, 2013 / Amy Schiller
Susan B. Anthony List: The NRA of the Anti-Choice Movement? Susan B. Anthony List: The NRA of the Anti-Choice Movement?
Susan B. Anthony fought her whole life for women’s rights. Now a group using her name wants to win elections to roll them back.
May 22, 2013 / Ilyse Hogue
Massachusetts Senate Race Turns to Gun Control Massachusetts Senate Race Turns to Gun Control
The GOP candidate in Massachusetts hasn’t been able to defend his anti-gun control position.
May 22, 2013 / George Zornick
Liliana Segura: Memphis Prisoner Wins Freedom After Pleading Guilty to Crime He Didn’t Commit Liliana Segura: Memphis Prisoner Wins Freedom After Pleading Guilty to Crime He Didn’t Commit
After three trials, Memphis prisoner Timothy McKinney won his freedom by pleading guilty to a crime he never did.
May 22, 2013 / Press Room
Obama’s Assault on the Press Obama’s Assault on the Press
Prosecution of whistleblowers, dragnet seizure of phone records, the threatened criminalization of basic news-gathering—it’s dangerous for the media, and dangerous for ...
May 22, 2013 / The Editors
The AP’s Privacy, and Ours The AP’s Privacy, and Ours
The uproar over government searches of media phone records should not obscure the deeper problem—the law’s failure to protect the privacy of all of us in the digital ag...
May 22, 2013 / David Cole
Senate Committee Passes ‘Rank Discrimination’ Immigration Bill Senate Committee Passes ‘Rank Discrimination’ Immigration Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee moves the immigration bill to full debate—without LGBT inclusion.
May 22, 2013 / Aura Bogado