The Battle Over the Gaza Flotilla The Battle Over the Gaza Flotilla
Sabotage and threats have damaged and delayed this year’s mission, but so far the activists are winning the media war.
Jul 1, 2011 / Joseph Dana
Budget Nightmares: Government Shutdowns, Slashed Tax Credits Budget Nightmares: Government Shutdowns, Slashed Tax Credits
It seems like states operate in one of two modes: paralysis or aggressive punishment of the poor.
Jul 1, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny
Time for BDS Time for BDS
Plenty of Americans are (unknowingly) supporting war profiteers. window.NREUM||(NREUM={}),__nr_require=function(t,n,e){function r(e){if(!n[e]...
Jun 30, 2011 / Blog / Anna Lekas Miller
New York’s Same-Sex Couples Are Not Out of the Woods Yet New York’s Same-Sex Couples Are Not Out of the Woods Yet
Gays and lesbians in some states may legally wed, but until DOMA is repealed, they still can't enjoy federal rights.
Jun 30, 2011 / Sean Eldridge
NxtGen: Stuff the Cuts NxtGen: Stuff the Cuts
For those concerned that there's no good protest music out there, the English hip-hop group NxtGen is using rap to take searing aim at the British government’s austerity budg...
Jun 30, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
How to Weaponize Your Personal Crisis How to Weaponize Your Personal Crisis
Undocumented immigrants and gays and lesbians have forced a stark moral choice on their friends and neighbors: Are you with us, or against us?
Jun 29, 2011 / Editorial / Richard Kim
Jose Antonio Vargas and the DREAM Act Jose Antonio Vargas and the DREAM Act
After a career of blending into the crowd, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas has come out of hiding about his legal status and has vowed to only cover immigration issues.
Jun 28, 2011 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
For Undocumented Immigrants, Activism Can Invite a Deportation Threat For Undocumented Immigrants, Activism Can Invite a Deportation Threat
When undocumented immigrants like Jose Antonio Vargas "come out," it changes the debate over immigration—but at considerable personal risk.
Jun 28, 2011 / Courtney E. Martin
Crackdown in Cairo Crackdown in Cairo
Family members of Egyptians killed during the revolution are protesting as a crucial trial keeps gettting postponed by a judge with ties to Mubarak.
Jun 28, 2011 / Feature / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Food Not Bombs Members Arrested for Feeding the Hungry Food Not Bombs Members Arrested for Feeding the Hungry
More than twenty anti-hunger activists in Orlando, Florida have been arrested for providing meals for the working poor.
Jun 27, 2011 / Blog / Kevin S. Donohoe