Society

No Justice for Troy Davis

No Justice for Troy Davis No Justice for Troy Davis

Should we as a society act like the murderers that we punish?

Sep 23, 2011 / Countdown

The Future of No Child Left Behind

The Future of No Child Left Behind The Future of No Child Left Behind

President Obama is moving forward to reform NCLB unilaterally, but the House GOP has its own plan.

Sep 23, 2011 / Dana Goldstein

Organizing in Troy Davis’s Name Organizing in Troy Davis’s Name

After mourning, fight back by helping these four groups redouble their efforts to abolish capital punishment in the US.

Sep 22, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

On Troy Davis: Murder Is Good Politics, Bad Justice On Troy Davis: Murder Is Good Politics, Bad Justice

In my own experience as a journalist covering this issue, the vast majority of politicians who defend capital punishment do so out of rank opportunism.

Sep 22, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Twin Legacies: The World Trade Center and Manhattan’s Development Twin Legacies: The World Trade Center and Manhattan’s Development

The World Trade Center paved over a patchwork of industrial docks and community businesses to become a planned community catering to high finance.

Sep 22, 2011 / The Nation and Francis Reynolds

The Execution of Troy Davis Provides Another ‘Haunting Reminder of Once Prevalent Southern Lynchings’ The Execution of Troy Davis Provides Another ‘Haunting Reminder of Once Prevalent Southern Lynchings’

Rejecting international pleas, domestic protests and evidence that Troy Davis was innocent, the state of Georgia put him to death under a process that former Supreme Court Justice ...

Sep 22, 2011 / John Nichols

The Killing of Troy Davis

The Killing of Troy Davis The Killing of Troy Davis

There will not be justice for Troy Davis. But his case has reawakened Americans to a relic of injustice that must be abolished once and for all.

Sep 21, 2011 / The Editors

Rick Perry, Marlboro Man

Rick Perry, Marlboro Man Rick Perry, Marlboro Man

Who will save America from the grip of unions, sissies, humiliation, crisis and malaise? The Texas governor fancies he’s the cowboy for the job.

Sep 21, 2011 / JoAnn Wypijewski

The Rise of Unregulated Drug Trials in South America

The Rise of Unregulated Drug Trials in South America The Rise of Unregulated Drug Trials in South America

US regulators are turning a blind eye to the risks of offshore clinical trials.

Sep 21, 2011 / Feature / Kelly Hearn

The Truth About the Civil War

The Truth About the Civil War The Truth About the Civil War

Too many Americans have fallen prey to narratives that erase the role of slavery in the war’s origins and legacy.

Sep 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

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