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Investigation: Two Years After the BP Spill, A Hidden Health Crisis Festers

Investigation: Two Years After the BP Spill, A Hidden Health Crisis Festers Investigation: Two Years After the BP Spill, A Hidden Health Crisis Festers

Gulf residents and cleanup workers continue to suffer serious health problems from the 2010 disaster, but the oil giant is not being held to account.

Apr 18, 2012 / Feature / Antonia Juhasz

Unions and Environmentalists: Get It Together!

Unions and Environmentalists: Get It Together! Unions and Environmentalists: Get It Together!

As the Keystone XL battle has shown, the blue-green alliance is in trouble—and only a deeper kind of solidarity can rescue it.

Apr 18, 2012 / Feature / Jane McAlevey

Why Are Prisoners Committing Suicide in Pennsylvania?

Why Are Prisoners Committing Suicide in Pennsylvania? Why Are Prisoners Committing Suicide in Pennsylvania?

A DOJ probe into the mental health program at a medium security prison could put solitary confinement on trial.

Apr 18, 2012 / Feature / Matt Stroud

Exit Santorum Exit Santorum

With Rick getting out, the Whack-a-Mole’s over. The last mole’s been whacked, and Mitt is in clover. The clover smells good, but here is the riddle: Can Romney now move it a bit toward the middle? By dropping the wacko-right banner he’s gripping, Will he be accused of more flopping and flipping?

Apr 18, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Ann Romney, Working Woman?

Ann Romney, Working Woman? Ann Romney, Working Woman?

The brouhaha over Hilary Rosen’s comments was not really about whether what stay-home mothers do is work.

Apr 18, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Real Injustice at the Heart of the Trayvon Martin Case

The Real Injustice at the Heart of the Trayvon Martin Case The Real Injustice at the Heart of the Trayvon Martin Case

What makes this case exceptional is neither race nor the politics of self-defense alone but the total failure to investigate it for so long.

Apr 18, 2012 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The Battle Over the New York Public Library, Continued The Battle Over the New York Public Library, Continued

As NYPL President Anthony Marx wages a public outreach campaign, opposition to the library’s renovation plan picks up support from Mario Vargas Llosa, Salman Rushdie, Jonatha...

Apr 18, 2012 / Scott Sherman

In Nebraska, an Unlikely Alliance Fights for Prenatal Care for Undocumented Women In Nebraska, an Unlikely Alliance Fights for Prenatal Care for Undocumented Women

Both Planned Parenthood and Nebraska Right to Life support a measure to restore healthcare coverage to “unborn children.”

Apr 18, 2012 / Emily Douglas

An Elite Consensus We Can’t Afford An Elite Consensus We Can’t Afford

Calls for bipartisanship ignore the simple reality that the GOP has been captured by the extreme right. 

Apr 18, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Help Gulf Residents Reclaim Their Lives Help Gulf Residents Reclaim Their Lives

It's outrageous that, nearly two years after the spill, not a single bill has been signed into law to protect or restore the ecosystem and communities of the Gulf.

Apr 18, 2012 / NationAction

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