Does It Matter if the Justice Department Calls Anti-Abortion Violence ‘Domestic Terrorism’? Does It Matter if the Justice Department Calls Anti-Abortion Violence ‘Domestic Terrorism’?
Pro-choice groups are pressing the Obama administration to ratchet up its response to a surge in attacks and threats to abortion providers.
Dec 3, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris
On this week’s podcast, Naomi Klein on the Shock Doctrine and the Paris climate protests, Katha Pollitt on Europe’s refugee crisis, Eric Foner on Woodrow Wilson’s racism, and Joan ...
Dec 3, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Happy Birthday, ‘National Review’! Too Bad You Haven’t Grown Any Wiser With Age. Happy Birthday, ‘National Review’! Too Bad You Haven’t Grown Any Wiser With Age.
The GOP’s reliable source of awful ideas celebrates 60 years of being wrong.
Dec 3, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
Asking for a Friend: I’m in Love With a Republican—What Do I Do? Asking for a Friend: I’m in Love With a Republican—What Do I Do?
Liza answers a reader in love, and another who wants to blow up the system that screwed him over.
Dec 3, 2015 / Liza Featherstone
Letters From the December 21-28, 2015, Issue Letters From the December 21-28, 2015, Issue
A politics of inclusion or exclusion?… heir apparent errant?… planet of the anthropocentric…
Dec 3, 2015 / Our Readers and Katha Pollitt
Why Are Democrats Silent on Rahm Emanuel? Why Are Democrats Silent on Rahm Emanuel?
If you care about police brutality, you care even when “your team” needs to be held accountable.
Dec 3, 2015 / George Zornick
December 3, 1964: Mass Arrests of Students at the University of California, Berkeley December 3, 1964: Mass Arrests of Students at the University of California, Berkeley
“One conscientious reporter counted the marble steps as he followed a girl whose head jarred sickeningly as she was dragged down.”
Dec 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Here’s What a Man Who Studied Every Suicide Attack in the World Says About ISIS’ Motives Here’s What a Man Who Studied Every Suicide Attack in the World Says About ISIS’ Motives
More than anything, the terrorist group’s outward expressions of religious fervor serve its secular objectives of controlling resources and territory.
Dec 2, 2015 / Joshua Holland
In 2015, You Can Still Get Arrested for Spitting if You’re HIV-Positive In 2015, You Can Still Get Arrested for Spitting if You’re HIV-Positive
156,000 of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV are undiagnosed—so why do we have outdated laws that encourage ignorance?
Dec 2, 2015 / John Knefel
Alabama’s Controversial Voter-ID Law Is Challenged In Court Alabama’s Controversial Voter-ID Law Is Challenged In Court
One day after the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, civil-rights groups charge Alabama with violating the Voting Rights Act.
Dec 2, 2015 / Ari Berman