Politics

October 28, 2005: White House Official ‘Scooter’ Libby Is Indicted in the Valerie Plame Affair

October 28, 2005: White House Official ‘Scooter’ Libby Is Indicted in the Valerie Plame Affair October 28, 2005: White House Official ‘Scooter’ Libby Is Indicted in the Valerie Plame Affair

“One doesn’t need indictments—or convictions—to see this case as a clear representation of the way Bush and his crew do business.“

Oct 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical?

Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical? Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical?

The history of birth control in America is littered with instances of coercion. Reproductive-justice advocates don’t want to see that happen again.

Oct 28, 2015 / Feature / Dani McClain

Minimum Wage Rally

How to Build the Movement for Progressive Power, the Urban Way How to Build the Movement for Progressive Power, the Urban Way

Four local politicians share their ideas for humanizing the “gig economy,” reforming the police, protecting immigrant rights, and solving the municipal budget crisis.

Oct 27, 2015 / John Avalos, Brad Lander, Antonio Reynoso, and Scott Waguespack

Criminal Justice–Reform Legislation Is Missing 1 Crucial Piece

Criminal Justice–Reform Legislation Is Missing 1 Crucial Piece Criminal Justice–Reform Legislation Is Missing 1 Crucial Piece

Failing to invest in civil legal aid is a recipe for ensuring that many people will end up behind bars again.

Oct 27, 2015 / Rebecca Vallas and Billy Corriher

Mountaintop removal

Big Coal Makes Its Move Against the EPA’s Power Plant Rule Big Coal Makes Its Move Against the EPA’s Power Plant Rule

The coal industry and its allies wasted no time initiating legal challenges against the regulations, which were published last week.

Oct 27, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

The Benghazi Hearings We Need

The Benghazi Hearings We Need The Benghazi Hearings We Need

It is time to challenge a global overreach that has failed repeatedly in the past and seems doomed to fail in the future.

Oct 27, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security

How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security

A major drought in Syria helped lead to the revolution and Assad’s crackdown. Harsh weather in Iraq could prove just as destabilizing.

Oct 27, 2015 / John Knefel

Tom Tomorrow toon

The Campaign Season of the Damned The Campaign Season of the Damned

Welcome to the endless torment of the perpetual campaign.

Oct 27, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Think We Can’t Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again.

Think We Can’t Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again. Think We Can’t Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again.

Long-term investments in clean energy would curb emissions and create millions of jobs around the globe.

Oct 27, 2015 / Feature / Robert Pollin

Trey Gowdy

Trey Gowdy Sent an Intellectually Disabled Man to Death Row Trey Gowdy Sent an Intellectually Disabled Man to Death Row

As a South Carolina district attorney, Gowdy pushed to put Fredrick Evins on death row, even though evidence emerged during the trial that Evins is intellectually disabled.

Oct 26, 2015 / Spencer Woodman

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