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Chris Christie Uses Prisoners to Fix His Office Furniture

Chris Christie Uses Prisoners to Fix His Office Furniture Chris Christie Uses Prisoners to Fix His Office Furniture

The state of New Jersey has saved millions of dollars by relying on prison labor to refurbish furniture in the governor’s office.

May 22, 2015 / Stephen Janis and Nadia Kanji

An NBA Player Is Missing the Playoffs Because the NYPD Broke His Leg—Why the Sports-Media Silence?

An NBA Player Is Missing the Playoffs Because the NYPD Broke His Leg—Why the Sports-Media Silence? An NBA Player Is Missing the Playoffs Because the NYPD Broke His Leg—Why the Sports-Media Silence?

A key NBA playoff performer has his leg broken amidst a national movement on police violence and the sports media—for once—have little to say.

May 22, 2015 / Dave Zirin

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/22/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/22/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/22/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/22/15?

May 22, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation

#SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge

#SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge #SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge

Today's national day of action hopes to draw attention to the lives of black women and girls lost to police violence.

May 21, 2015 / Dani McClain

Do Police Have a Right to Withhold Video When They Kill Someone?

Do Police Have a Right to Withhold Video When They Kill Someone? Do Police Have a Right to Withhold Video When They Kill Someone?

When the police kill somebody, it’s not “private.”

May 21, 2015 / Jon Wiener

Is the NSA’s Dragnet Surveillance Program in Its Final Hours?

Is the NSA’s Dragnet Surveillance Program in Its Final Hours? Is the NSA’s Dragnet Surveillance Program in Its Final Hours?

With less than 24 hours to act on surveillance reform, things in the Senate have gotten dramatic. 

May 20, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Osama bin Laden

Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously

The dean of American investigative journalism knows a thing or two about how to vet sources and separate fact from fiction.

May 20, 2015 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Proof That Centrism is Dead infographic

The Proof That Centrism is Dead The Proof That Centrism is Dead

Every story that centrists told about the recession turned out to be wrong.

May 20, 2015 / Mike Konczal

An Unsettling Sentence

An Unsettling Sentence An Unsettling Sentence

On Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the federal death penalty.

May 20, 2015 / Bruce Shapiro

Birth Control That Works Too Well

Birth Control That Works Too Well Birth Control That Works Too Well

A Colorado program to give low-income teens long-acting contraception dropped the teen abortion rate dramatically. But conservatives refuse to fund it.

May 20, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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