Six World-Changing Ways to Shop This Holiday Season Six World-Changing Ways to Shop This Holiday Season
How we shop this month can help develop more sustainable economies year-round.
Dec 18, 2013 / Elizabeth Cline
Tell the FCC: We Can’t Let Prison Phone Companies Exploit Inmates Tell the FCC: We Can’t Let Prison Phone Companies Exploit Inmates
This Thursday, we’ll deliver a petition with over 28,000 signatures to the FCC.
Dec 18, 2013 / Take Action / NationAction
Santa Claus and White Racial Panic Santa Claus and White Racial Panic
The current debate around Santa’s racial identity is mostly silly—but it reveals some deep-seated fears around the loss of white identity.
Dec 18, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Shelf Life Shelf Life
How did something as trivial as spam end up on the forefront of cyberwar?
Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Saler
Slamming the NSA Slamming the NSA
Obama’s Review Group is about to join a federal judge in blasting the NSA’s data collection overreach, it appears.
Dec 17, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Three More ‘Better Than Peyton’ Choices for Sportsperson of the Year Three More ‘Better Than Peyton’ Choices for Sportsperson of the Year
Following some terrific feedback from readers, I now have three more people to add to my list of Sportspeople of the Year.
Dec 17, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Tea Party Tim and Plutocrat Pete Tea Party Tim and Plutocrat Pete
An unlikely alliance takes on the Affordable Care Act.
Dec 17, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
The Internet Giants Oppose Surveillance—but Only When the Government Does it The Internet Giants Oppose Surveillance—but Only When the Government Does it
Even if the NSA's spying programs are scaled back, surveillance infrastructure will continue to exist in the private sector.
Dec 16, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Judge Rules Against NSA Spying; Congress Should Do the Same Judge Rules Against NSA Spying; Congress Should Do the Same
Federal jurist raises profound constitutional concerns, saying the agency uses “almost-Orwellian technology.”
Dec 16, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Jessica Valenti: Beyoncé Is ‘Absolutely’ a Feminist Jessica Valenti: Beyoncé Is ‘Absolutely’ a Feminist
The pop megastar’s surprise album touches on themes of self-authorship and control.
Dec 16, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room