Society

NBA Lockout Ends and Players Get Played NBA Lockout Ends and Players Get Played

Remove the bells and whistles, and the NBA Lockout was about little more than owners stealing money from the players' pockets.

Nov 28, 2011 / Dave Zirin

Free Speech for Government Employees Free Speech for Government Employees

A case being heard this month will likely define the free speech rights of federal employees and so determine the quality of people who will make up our government.

Nov 28, 2011 / Peter Van Buren

Pepper-Spray Cop Begets Pepper-Spray Shopper Pepper-Spray Cop Begets Pepper-Spray Shopper

And the 1 percent is pleased.

Nov 27, 2011 / Leslie Savan

‘Dear Jenny: I Fired Your Mom and Put You to Work to Help You “Rise.” Love, Newt’ ‘Dear Jenny: I Fired Your Mom and Put You to Work to Help You “Rise.” Love, Newt’

Yes! A new ad campaign rips Gingrich’s cruel proposal to fire janitors and replace them with child labor.

Nov 25, 2011 / John Nichols

Thanks for What? Thanks for What?

On this Thanksgiving we have been cheated of the bounty of the harvest as one in three Americans descends into poverty.

Nov 24, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/25) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/25)

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Nov 23, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Melissa Harris-Perry: Colorado Personhood Amendment ‘Goes Too Far’ Melissa Harris-Perry: Colorado Personhood Amendment ‘Goes Too Far’

Two weeks after Mississippi's infamous  "personhood" amendment was soundly defeated, anti-abortion activists have revived the legislation in Virginia and Colora...

Nov 22, 2011 / Press Room

Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes?

Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes? Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes?

The Department of Justice has told the Supreme Court that police should be allowed to secretly put GPS devices on our cars. But we have already surrendered more privacy than we rea...

Nov 22, 2011 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Next Stop on the GOP Crazy Train: ‘Newtsville’

Next Stop on the GOP Crazy Train: ‘Newtsville’ Next Stop on the GOP Crazy Train: ‘Newtsville’

Ever notice that anytime anyone tells the truth in the contest for the Republican nomination, a new scandal erupts?

Nov 22, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman

Civil Society at Ground Zero Civil Society at Ground Zero

Occupy Wall Street has exposed a system that regards people as disposable, but not usually so literally.

Nov 22, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit

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