Society

Mitt Romney’s Muslim-Baiting Backers Mitt Romney’s Muslim-Baiting Backers

The GOP candidate’s disastrous response to the incendiary “Innocence of Muslims” video should come as no surprise in light of his Islamophobic connections.

Sep 14, 2012 / Wayne Barrett

This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO) This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO)

Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West’s Poverty Tour 2.0 arrived in Virginia, and high school students had a lot to say about their own struggles with poverty. 

Sep 14, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

Strike Against Inequality Strike Against Inequality

A strike in the country's most segregated school district is about more than union politics. 

Sep 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Christie Thompson

Why YouTube Is Wrong to Censor the Anti-Islam Video Why YouTube Is Wrong to Censor the Anti-Islam Video

The selective censorship of “Innocence of Muslims” in Libya and Egypt “reeks of paternalism.”

Sep 14, 2012 / Ari Melber

Scott Brown Is Lying About His Reproductive Rights Record Scott Brown Is Lying About His Reproductive Rights Record

In a new ad, the Republican Senator pretends that he is pro-choice, when his record is anything but.  

Sep 14, 2012 / George Zornick

The 1 Percent Court The 1 Percent Court

A Court for the money power, and our democracy is at stake.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Bill Moyers and Bernard A. Weisberger

How the Right Packed the Court How the Right Packed the Court

The long-term campaign to roll back the New Deal.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / William Yeomans

‘Citizens United’ and the Corporate Court ‘Citizens United’ and the Corporate Court

Giving corporations the inalienable right to buy elections.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Jamie Raskin

One Nation by and for the Corporations One Nation by and for the Corporations

Courts that shelter the powerful and evict the little guy.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Dahlia Lithwick

The Roberts Court and Wall Street The Roberts Court and Wall Street

The Court’s next project: saving Wall Street from Dodd-Frank.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Michael Greenberger

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