Filibuster Reform Is Essential to Enacting Gun-Safety Legislation Filibuster Reform Is Essential to Enacting Gun-Safety Legislation
Every evidence suggests, in the absence of the reforms proposed by Senators Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren, any debate about meaningful gun-safety legislation will be preempted,...
Jan 18, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Budget? Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Budget?
Not once has Obama’s nominee voted to reject a defense budget.
Jan 18, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
The Case of Aaron Swartz The Case of Aaron Swartz
The prosecution of Aaron Swartz was about more than “hacking,” and we need to remember that.
Jan 18, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Dean
Inside the Grand Bargain Basement Inside the Grand Bargain Basement
Eric on the New York Winter Jazz Festival and Reed on pundits chasing grand bargains.
Jan 17, 2013 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Congressional Progressives: Abolish the Debt Ceiling Congressional Progressives: Abolish the Debt Ceiling
Some members want to end this standoff over the debt ceiling—and all others.
Jan 17, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
The Movement Dr. Parker Made: Father of Media Reform Turns 100 The Movement Dr. Parker Made: Father of Media Reform Turns 100
At the behest of Reverend King, he challenged broadcast media to cover civil rights honestly, and in so doing forged a movement to make real the promise of a free press. ...
Jan 17, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
It’s Not the Bad Guys—It’s the Guns It’s Not the Bad Guys—It’s the Guns
Let's face the truth: anyone with a gun can be a "bad guy." What we need is fewer guns, period.
Jan 16, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Rebel Towns Rebel Towns
Call it municipal disobedience: communities like Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, are defying laws they deem illegitimate.
Jan 16, 2013 / Feature / Barry Yeoman
Guns, Democracy and the Supreme Court Guns, Democracy and the Supreme Court
The Roberts Court has shifted away from the very collective values and ideas that will be necessary to enact—and uphold—crucial policies on guns and mental health.
Jan 16, 2013 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Noted Noted
Tana Ganeva on the Homeless Bill Of Rights, Ryan Devereaux on an anti-stop-and-frisk ruling, Jessica Valenti on American rape culture.
Jan 16, 2013 / Editorial / Various Contributors