Politics

Climate Deniers: The House Is On Fire, but They’re Staying Put

Climate Deniers: The House Is On Fire, but They’re Staying Put Climate Deniers: The House Is On Fire, but They’re Staying Put

Climate change “has moved firmly into the present,” a massive new report finds. But its politics have regressed. 

May 6, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

The Oklahoma Way of Death

The Oklahoma Way of Death The Oklahoma Way of Death

The “botched” execution of Clayton Lockett should shatter the illusion that lethal injection is neither cruel nor unusual.

May 6, 2014 / Column / Richard Kim

How to Imagine the End of the World

How to Imagine the End of the World How to Imagine the End of the World

How the fears and anxieties of each generation are passed on to the next. 

May 6, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt

Guilty: Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan Now Faces up to 7 Years in Prison

Guilty: Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan Now Faces up to 7 Years in Prison Guilty: Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan Now Faces up to 7 Years in Prison

With Monday’s verdict, McMillan became one of the first Occupy activists to face serious jail time.

May 6, 2014 / Amity Paye

Republicans Block Hearing on Long-Term Jobless Benefits

Republicans Block Hearing on Long-Term Jobless Benefits Republicans Block Hearing on Long-Term Jobless Benefits

Forget holding a vote: GOP leadership won’t even allow a hearing on long-term jobless benefits inside the Capitol. 

May 6, 2014 / George Zornick

Will Big Money Beat the Conservative Who Dares to Say ‘No’ to Big Money?

Will Big Money Beat the Conservative Who Dares to Say ‘No’ to Big Money? Will Big Money Beat the Conservative Who Dares to Say ‘No’ to Big Money?

North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones votes against Wall Street and for campaign reform. Does he stand a chance in the new GOP?

May 5, 2014 / John Nichols

Supreme Court OKs Christian Prayer at Government Meetings

Supreme Court OKs Christian Prayer at Government Meetings Supreme Court OKs Christian Prayer at Government Meetings

After today's egregious Supreme Court decision, expect a lot more sectarian prayer at local government events

May 5, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg

Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington

Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington

Will the Pulaski Skyway bring down New Jersey’s governor?

May 5, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

[VIDEO] Watch Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Accept the 2014 Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling

[VIDEO] Watch Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Accept the 2014 Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling [VIDEO] Watch Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Accept the 2014 Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling

“I realized that…the most likely outcome of returning this information to public hands would be that I would spend the rest of my life in prison. I did it because I th...

May 5, 2014 / The Nation

Why Is the Right Obsessed With Castration?

Why Is the Right Obsessed With Castration? Why Is the Right Obsessed With Castration?

In speeches and in campaign ads, they’re threatening to cut off their enemies’ balls, and it’s getting weird.

May 2, 2014 / Leslie Savan

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