We Don’t Even Know How Best to Use Body Cameras—Let Alone Regulate Them We Don’t Even Know How Best to Use Body Cameras—Let Alone Regulate Them
Don’t expect an end to police brutality by giving law enforcement a new tool for their arsenal.
Sep 23, 2015 / Ava Kofman
How ‘Hobby Lobby’ Launched a Right-Wing Crusade How ‘Hobby Lobby’ Launched a Right-Wing Crusade
The 2014 ruling has enabled corporations and Christian zealots to claim “religious liberty” as an excuse to deny women’s rights and skirt the law.
Sep 23, 2015 / Feature / Dahlia Lithwick
Did the Fish and Wildlife Service Just Doom This Bird to Extinction? Did the Fish and Wildlife Service Just Doom This Bird to Extinction?
Big Oil was desperate to keep the sage grouse off the endangered-species list. Here’s why.
Sep 22, 2015 / Jimmy Tobias
Iran Will Soon Be a Corporate Gold Mine—and for Once, the GOP Doesn’t Care Iran Will Soon Be a Corporate Gold Mine—and for Once, the GOP Doesn’t Care
With the easing of sanctions, countries are rushing to invest, but Republicans are still caught up in a paroxysm of Islamophobia.
Sep 21, 2015 / Juan Cole
Tell Etsy to Pay Its Fair Share of Taxes Tell Etsy to Pay Its Fair Share of Taxes
Despite its claim to be a socially responsible company, Etsy is taking advantage of secretive tax-haven laws in Ireland.
Sep 18, 2015 / no-paywall / NationAction
What the US Left—and Bernie Sanders’s Supporters—Can Learn From Jeremy Corbyn What the US Left—and Bernie Sanders’s Supporters—Can Learn From Jeremy Corbyn
Could Americans be primed for a rejection of austerity politics?
Sep 16, 2015 / Ted Fertik
5 Vital Lessons From American Labor’s Rise and Fall 5 Vital Lessons From American Labor’s Rise and Fall
America’s unions have been in retreat for decades—but can history point toward some fresh starts?
Sep 15, 2015 / Audio / James M. Larkin
This Is How Bad the Sharing Economy Is for Workers This Is How Bad the Sharing Economy Is for Workers
And this is how reformers and activists might win protections for Silicon Valley’s so-called “independent contractors.”
Sep 14, 2015 / Michelle Chen
In the Year of #BlackGirlMagic, Marion Jones Is Missing In the Year of #BlackGirlMagic, Marion Jones Is Missing
In this magical year of women in sports, we would do well to remember the triumphs and lessons of Marion Jones.
Sep 11, 2015 / Dave Zirin
The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started
Salvador Allende warned against neoliberalism’s disastrous effects just before he was overthrown. He was right to be worried.
Sep 11, 2015 / Greg Grandin