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Deborah Nucatola

Forensic Analysis Shows the Real Planned Parenthood Scandal Is the Videos Themselves Forensic Analysis Shows the Real Planned Parenthood Scandal Is the Videos Themselves

A review finds evidence the sting videos had been “manipulated” and “deceptively edited.”

Aug 27, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Hurricane Katrina Disaster

After a Disaster Like Katrina, Water, Food, and Shelter Are Not Enough After a Disaster Like Katrina, Water, Food, and Shelter Are Not Enough

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, residents are still fighting scam contractors and FEMA.

Aug 27, 2015 / Laura Tuggle

Barack Obama

Waiting for the Presidents in New Orleans Waiting for the Presidents in New Orleans

George Bush flew over us. Barack Obama sent his deputies. But both eventually landed, and both leave behind plenty more work toward our recovery.

Aug 27, 2015 / Jarvis Deberry

Rays of Light in the Shadow of Dark Money

Rays of Light in the Shadow of Dark Money Rays of Light in the Shadow of Dark Money

Amid the onslaught of anonymous political donations, some grassroots activists are gearing up for a counteroffensive. Here are five promising strategies for 2016 and beyond.

Aug 27, 2015 / Alyssa Katz

Planned Parenthood rally in DC

Even If You Haven’t Had an Abortion, You Owe Planned Parenthood Even If You Haven’t Had an Abortion, You Owe Planned Parenthood

And it’s your responsibility to fight back against the war on reproductive rights.

Aug 27, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Birthright citizenship

Birthright Citizenship Is the Good Kind of American Exceptionalism Birthright Citizenship Is the Good Kind of American Exceptionalism

So why are the GOP candidates now fighting it?

Aug 27, 2015 / Eric Foner

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Letters From the September 14-21, 2015, Issue Letters From the September 14-21, 2015, Issue

The end of water… a nuclear double standard… sharing the austerity…

Aug 27, 2015 / Our Readers

How the Atheist Son of a Jewish Rabbi Created One of the Greatest Libraries of Socialist Literature

How the Atheist Son of a Jewish Rabbi Created One of the Greatest Libraries of Socialist Literature How the Atheist Son of a Jewish Rabbi Created One of the Greatest Libraries of Socialist Literature

Books with Marx’s handwritten notes; volumes annotated by Lenin; newspaper clippings from displaced Yiddish journalists—Chimen Abramsky’s book collection had it all.

Aug 27, 2015 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Black Panthers on parade at a Free Huey rally in Defermery Park in West Oakland, July 28, 1968.

White Hands and Black Skulls: From the Panthers to ‘Straight Outta Compton’ White Hands and Black Skulls: From the Panthers to ‘Straight Outta Compton’

Two new films prove the urgency, and inadequacy, of outrage.

Aug 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Daveed Diggs (center) as Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton. (Joan Marcus)

How ‘Hamilton’ Is Revolutionizing the Broadway Musical How ‘Hamilton’ Is Revolutionizing the Broadway Musical

The bracing fusion of hip hop and the musical form shows that America’s history—and its future—belong to men and women of color as profoundly as to anyone else.

Aug 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

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