How to Get Serious About Ending the ISIS War How to Get Serious About Ending the ISIS War

A long-term alternative to war can only be built by popular movements in Iraq and Syria. These movements deserve our solidarity—not our bombs.

Feb 11, 2015 / Sarah Lazare and Foreign Policy In Focus

Puzzle No. 3355 Puzzle No. 3355

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Feb 10, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

The scariest conclusion of a new comprehensive study is that scientists have no clue what geoengineering would really do to the planet.

Feb 10, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s War on Workers Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s War on Workers

Brazen attacks on unions threaten wages, workplace protections and more.

Feb 10, 2015 / John Nichols

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Feb 10, 2015 / Matt Bors

Snapshot: Fighting Eviction in Hebron Snapshot: Fighting Eviction in Hebron

A woman from a Palestinian community dries yogurt near the West Bank city of Hebron. Israel declared the area, which is home to 1,300 Palestinians, a firing zone for military training in the 1980s. The Israeli military issued an eviction order in 1999, though the villagers are still fighting in the Israeli courts to stay on their land.

Feb 10, 2015 / Ammar Awad

Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part I Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part I

A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1865 to 1919.

Feb 10, 2015 / The Nation

Is Torture Inevitable? These 6 Americans Said No Is Torture Inevitable? These 6 Americans Said No

Bush and Cheney claimed torture was the only option. These soldiers, agents and nurses proved them wrong.

Feb 10, 2015 / Rebecca Gordon

From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect

Baldwin yielded to nobody in his quest to weed racism out of the American garden—root and branch.

Feb 10, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

February 10, 1962: Roy Lichtenstein Exhibits ‘Look, Mickey!’ February 10, 1962: Roy Lichtenstein Exhibits ‘Look, Mickey!’

Pop Art as an insult to the intelligence.

Feb 10, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac