Pro-Keystone XL Consulting Firm May Have Violated Ethics Laws Pro-Keystone XL Consulting Firm May Have Violated Ethics Laws
Despite trying to influence the American public on the pipeline, public relations firm Feverpress did not disclose that it was contracted by the government of Alberta to do so.
May 13, 2014 / Lee Fang
A Mother’s Day ‘Week of Action’ to #FreeMarissa A Mother’s Day ‘Week of Action’ to #FreeMarissa
Seventy percent of incarcerated women are mothers.
May 9, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
The Mediterranean Has Become the Grave of Migrants The Mediterranean Has Become the Grave of Migrants
The EU uses its border states as a barrier and prison camp for the frightened, impoverished people it would rather drown than save.
May 9, 2014 / Maria Margaronis
1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It 1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It
Sexual assault survivors forced campus officials to listen up. Last week’s news shows the feds picking up what’s been their work all along.
May 9, 2014 / Dani McClain
Editors Don’t Belong in Courtrooms, and Cecily McMillan Doesn’t Belong in Prison Editors Don’t Belong in Courtrooms, and Cecily McMillan Doesn’t Belong in Prison
The jury that convicted the Occupier on May 5 had only been given one side of the story.
May 9, 2014 / Kathryn Funkhouser
States Move to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers States Move to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers
The NRA quietly approved bills that would prohibit convicted abusers from possessing firearms, after years of opposing such legislation.
May 8, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Does Judge Rudolph Randa Have a Conflict in the Scott Walker Case? Does Judge Rudolph Randa Have a Conflict in the Scott Walker Case?
His judicial assistant is married to a top lawyer for Walker’s gubernatorial campaign.
May 8, 2014 / George Zornick
‘Nation’ Exclusive: Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Take on America’s Runaway Surveillance State ‘Nation’ Exclusive: Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Take on America’s Runaway Surveillance State
“The first principle of any American intelligence official is not an oath to secrecy but a duty to the public, a commitment to speak truth to power.”
May 7, 2014 / Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras
First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings
A former aide says Christie's deputy chief of staff was "instrumental," but for whom?
May 7, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Healing the Rot at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System Healing the Rot at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System
As reforms have caused incarceration rates to fall and the sky has not fallen with it, Americans are increasingly supportive of such measures.
May 7, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel