Kagan Discriminated Against the Military? Kagan Discriminated Against the Military?
Melissa Harris-Lacewell explains why Elena Kagan’s decision to deny military recruiters equal access to Harvard Law School was the right one.
Cautious Yet Troubling Pick in Kagan Cautious Yet Troubling Pick in Kagan
Katrina vanden Heuvel describes Kagan as a careful choice, who needs to be pressed about her views on executive power.
May 11, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Cautious Yet Troubling Pick in Kagan Cautious Yet Troubling Pick in Kagan
Katrina vanden Heuvel describes Kagan as a careful choice, who needs to be pressed about her views on executive power.
May 11, 2010 / Video / The Ed Show
Elena Kagan Is Not Gay Elena Kagan Is Not Gay
Andrew Sullivan thinks Elena Kagan should be grilled about her sex life. What a bad idea.
May 10, 2010 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Will Kagan Take Up Stevens’s Fight for Checks on Executive Power? Will Kagan Take Up Stevens’s Fight for Checks on Executive Power?
The Solicitor General is a (very) "safe" pick, but observers raise doubts about whether she is committed to putting the brakes on the imperial presidency.
May 10, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Diamondbacks Owner Ken Kendrick Continues to Support SB 1070 Diamondbacks Owner Ken Kendrick Continues to Support SB 1070
On May 20th Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick will a private fundraiser inside his owners box at Chase Field for SB 1070 supporter State Senator Jonathan Paton. While Kendric...
May 10, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
When Wall Street Trades Move Too Fast To Avoid Crashing the Economy, Regulators Should Slow Things Down When Wall Street Trades Move Too Fast To Avoid Crashing the Economy, Regulators Should Slow Things Down
Thursday's almost 1,000-point collapse in the Dow may have resulted from a mistake. But the mistake was almost certainly made possible—and dramatically more threatening&mdash...
May 8, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Los Angeles Law Shows US Trending Toward Drug Liberalization Los Angeles Law Shows US Trending Toward Drug Liberalization
The progressive trend towards comprehensive drug law reform continues.
May 7, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Glenn Beck Gets It Right Glenn Beck Gets It Right
The attempted Times Square bombing is a reminder that the defense budgets for high-tech warfare are beside the point in countering terrorists who turn firecrackers into bombs.
May 5, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Arizona D-backs Owner Comes Out Against Anti-Immigrant Bill Arizona D-backs Owner Comes Out Against Anti-Immigrant Bill
Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick says, through his PR people, that he opposes Arizona's anti-immigration legislation. Can't truss it.
May 3, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin