Ai Weiwei: Political Art at the Venice Biennale Ai Weiwei: Political Art at the Venice Biennale
Six dioramas present key moments of the eighty-one-day imprisonment of the worlld’s most famous artist.
Jun 7, 2013 / Blog / Jon Wiener
Walmart Strikers Target Waltons, as NOW Calls Out Obamas Walmart Strikers Target Waltons, as NOW Calls Out Obamas
The National Organization for Women's president says the Obamas have "screwed up" by praising Walmart.
Jun 7, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
Secret NSA Program Gives the Agency Unprecedented Access to Private Internet Communications Secret NSA Program Gives the Agency Unprecedented Access to Private Internet Communications
Somewhere along the way, we lost our bearings on the balance between privacy and security.
Jun 7, 2013 / Blog / David Cole
Congress, White House on NSA Spying: Nothing to See Here Congress, White House on NSA Spying: Nothing to See Here
The NSA spying is legal--and that’s the real scandal.
Jun 6, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
I Am Bradley Manning I Am Bradley Manning
If you witnessed war crimes, what would you do?
Jun 6, 2013 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
The Senate’s Next Feingolds Must Step Up to Defend Privacy Rights The Senate’s Next Feingolds Must Step Up to Defend Privacy Rights
Congress has a responsibility to check and balance surveillance abuses. It has failed up to this point.
Jun 6, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
It’s Worse Than You Thought: NSA Spying and the Patriot Act It’s Worse Than You Thought: NSA Spying and the Patriot Act
A stunning report by The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald reveals that the NSA has been tracking every call by Verizon business customers. How far does the spying go?
Jun 6, 2013 / Blog / David Cole
A Letter to the Graduating Class of 1966 A Letter to the Graduating Class of 1966
The words ring the same for 2013: For every measure, there will always be a potential countermeasure.
Jun 6, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Aura Bogado: The Obamas Need to Clean Up Their Act Aura Bogado: The Obamas Need to Clean Up Their Act
Society is not post-racial. Barack and Michelle Obama need to stop telling young people of color otherwise.
Jun 5, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
John Lewis’s Long Fight for Voting Rights John Lewis’s Long Fight for Voting Rights
Nearly five decades after Bloody Sunday in Selma, he’s in the fight of his life, as the Supreme Court threatens to overturn his signature achievement.
Jun 5, 2013 / Feature / Ari Berman