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Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why Write About Politics?

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why Write About Politics? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why Write About Politics?

In an age of political discourse confined to partisan squabbling, social justice movements and ideas demand attention.

May 22, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room

The Feminist Case Against a Woman President: A Response to Jessica Valenti

The Feminist Case Against a Woman President: A Response to Jessica Valenti The Feminist Case Against a Woman President: A Response to Jessica Valenti

Feminism is not any single person or outcome, it’s a practice, and a far more active one than Valenti gives credit for.

May 22, 2013 / Amy Schiller

Susan B. Anthony List: The NRA of the Anti-Choice Movement?

Susan B. Anthony List: The NRA of the Anti-Choice Movement? Susan B. Anthony List: The NRA of the Anti-Choice Movement?

Susan B. Anthony fought her whole life for women’s rights. Now a group using her name wants to win elections to roll them back.

May 22, 2013 / Blog / Ilyse Hogue

Liliana Segura: Memphis Prisoner Wins Freedom After Pleading Guilty to Crime He Didn’t Commit Liliana Segura: Memphis Prisoner Wins Freedom After Pleading Guilty to Crime He Didn’t Commit

After three trials, Memphis prisoner Timothy McKinney won his freedom by pleading guilty to a crime he never did. 

May 22, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Obama’s Assault on the Press

Obama’s Assault on the Press Obama’s Assault on the Press

Prosecution of whistleblowers, dragnet seizure of phone records, the threatened criminalization of basic news-gathering—it’s dangerous for the media, and dangerous for ...

May 22, 2013 / Editorial / The Editors

The AP’s Privacy, and Ours

The AP’s Privacy, and Ours The AP’s Privacy, and Ours

The uproar over government searches of media phone records should not obscure the deeper problem—the law’s failure to protect the privacy of all of us in the digital ag...

May 22, 2013 / Editorial / David Cole

Senate Committee Passes ‘Rank Discrimination’ Immigration Bill

Senate Committee Passes ‘Rank Discrimination’ Immigration Bill Senate Committee Passes ‘Rank Discrimination’ Immigration Bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee moves the immigration bill to full debate—without LGBT inclusion.

May 22, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado

Ron Fournier, Doomsayer Ron Fournier, Doomsayer

Reports of President Obama’s demise turn out to be greatly exaggerated.

May 22, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman

Fighting Facebook, a Campaign for a People’s Terms of Service

Fighting Facebook, a Campaign for a People’s Terms of Service Fighting Facebook, a Campaign for a People’s Terms of Service

Social media companies say consumers’ loss of privacy is just the cost of doing business. But what would happen if they actually had to bargain with users on equal footing?

May 22, 2013 / Ari Melber, Woodrow Hartzog, and Evan Selinger

Susan B. Anthony List’s ‘Feminism’: Not Fooling Anyone

Susan B. Anthony List’s ‘Feminism’: Not Fooling Anyone Susan B. Anthony List’s ‘Feminism’: Not Fooling Anyone

SBA is the anti-choice movement’s latest ploy to convince American women that less rights mean progress.

May 22, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti

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