Mayor to Judge: Drop Dead Mayor to Judge: Drop Dead
New York State Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane Goodman's rulings regularly raise hackles, but now Mayor Bloomberg is getting in on the act.
Feb 16, 2011 / Katha Pollitt
Ramona Steps Down Ramona Steps Down
Ramona Ripston, who is stepping down after forty years as the head of the ACLU of Southern California, transformed the meaning of civil liberties.
Feb 11, 2011 / Jon Wiener
A Reply to The Atlantic’s Wendy Kaminer A Reply to The Atlantic’s Wendy Kaminer
I don’t begrudge Wendy Kaminer her determination to defend Citizens United. But I do wish that she would come up with her own arguments for why she thinks the justices were...
Feb 10, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Army’s Mental Health Care Failed Bradley Manning Army’s Mental Health Care Failed Bradley Manning
The uprisings in Egypt have inspired all sorts of people, including Private Bradley Manning, the young man being held in solitary confinement in Quantico, accused of being the sour...
Feb 4, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
The Comcast/NBC Merger Is a Citizens’ Issue The Comcast/NBC Merger Is a Citizens’ Issue
The Comcast/NBC Universal merger has wide implications for all citizens.
Jan 31, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
The Comcast/NBC Merger Is a Citizens’ Issue The Comcast/NBC Merger Is a Citizens’ Issue
The Comcast/NBC Universal merger has wide implications for all citizens.
Jan 31, 2011 / Audio / Press Room
New York City to Disabled: Take a Hike New York City to Disabled: Take a Hike
The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission plans to approve even more inaccessible taxis.
Jan 21, 2011 / Jesse Lemisch
Stealing the Constitution Stealing the Constitution
Inside the right's campaign to hijack our country's founding text—and how to fight back.
Jan 20, 2011 / Feature / Garrett Epps
Guantánamos Here at Home Guantánamos Here at Home
Bradley Manning is not the only person in the US held in pretrial solitary confinement. For many facing terrorism charges, it has become standard procedure.
Jan 20, 2011 / Editorial / Sally Eberhardt and Jeanne Theoharis
Undoing the ‘Citizens United’ Damage Undoing the ‘Citizens United’ Damage
John Roberts and his allies overreached so brazenly that they have created an opening for genuine reform.
Jan 19, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel