Society

To Help Connect the Two New Yorks, Bill de Blasio Should Build More Community Broadband

To Help Connect the Two New Yorks, Bill de Blasio Should Build More Community Broadband To Help Connect the Two New Yorks, Bill de Blasio Should Build More Community Broadband

How high-speed Internet access is changing one Brooklyn neighborhood.

Jan 8, 2014 / Maya Wiley

America’s Biggest Private Prison Company Now Offers Acupuncture

America’s Biggest Private Prison Company Now Offers Acupuncture America’s Biggest Private Prison Company Now Offers Acupuncture

You just have to go to jail first.

Jan 8, 2014 / Blog / Jessica Weisberg

Reading Melville in Post-9/11 America

Reading Melville in Post-9/11 America Reading Melville in Post-9/11 America

The author's half-forgotten masterpiece, Benito Cereno, provides fascinating insight into issues of slavery, freedom, individualism—and Islamophobia.

Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Melville and the Language of Denial

Melville and the Language of Denial Melville and the Language of Denial

The events behind his story Benito Cereno are more than two centuries old, but the deceptions of racial inferiority that Melville exposes resonate today.

Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Toni Morrison

How US Evangelicals Fueled the Rise of Russia’s ‘Pro-Family’ Right

How US Evangelicals Fueled the Rise of Russia’s ‘Pro-Family’ Right How US Evangelicals Fueled the Rise of Russia’s ‘Pro-Family’ Right

An alliance is born between anti-gay, anti-abortion American groups and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Jan 7, 2014 / Feature / Adam Federman

Eighty-Six Percent of Americans Think the Government Should Fight Poverty

Eighty-Six Percent of Americans Think the Government Should Fight Poverty Eighty-Six Percent of Americans Think the Government Should Fight Poverty

So why doesn’t Congress?

Jan 7, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter

Media Fail: Unemployment Coverage

Media Fail: Unemployment Coverage Media Fail: Unemployment Coverage

Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the gaping holes in the mainstream media's coverage of unemployment benefits. 

Jan 7, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

The Florida State Seminoles: The Champions of Racist Mascots

The Florida State Seminoles: The Champions of Racist Mascots The Florida State Seminoles: The Champions of Racist Mascots

Do you think “Redskins” is offensive and “Seminoles” is not because it has tribal approval? Think again.

Jan 7, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Exposing Public Wickedness Is More American Than Apple Pie

Exposing Public Wickedness Is More American Than Apple Pie Exposing Public Wickedness Is More American Than Apple Pie

Throughout history, activists have proven that true patriotism demands a vigilant confrontation with government infamy.

Jan 7, 2014 / Robert Scheer

Undocumented Lawyers and Rogue States

Undocumented Lawyers and Rogue States Undocumented Lawyers and Rogue States

So far, 2014 has been a year of states doing as they please.

Jan 6, 2014 / Blog / Jessica Weisberg

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