If the GOP Wins the Senate, Expect a Total Assault on Reproductive Rights If the GOP Wins the Senate, Expect a Total Assault on Reproductive Rights
After November 4, America could follow Texas down a very anti-woman path.
Oct 15, 2014 / Ilyse Hogue
Will Your Child Grow Up to Be Victim or Torturer? Will Your Child Grow Up to Be Victim or Torturer?
While 90 percent of teens break the law, only some enter a violent system.
Oct 15, 2014 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
From St. Louis to South LA, American Youth Move the Moment From St. Louis to South LA, American Youth Move the Moment
Across the country, young people rally, converge and stage sit-ins to end mass criminalization—and more.
Oct 14, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Grimes Beats McConnell in Kentucky Debate Grimes Beats McConnell in Kentucky Debate
But mainstream media find it hard to admit.
Oct 14, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Can Ferguson’s Protests Build a Nationwide Movement Against Police Violence? Can Ferguson’s Protests Build a Nationwide Movement Against Police Violence?
More than sixty days after the killing of Michael Brown, Ferguson October is building momentum against police violence.
Oct 14, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry
‘Evolution of a Criminal’: A Conversation With Filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe ‘Evolution of a Criminal’: A Conversation With Filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe
Filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe on his documentary.
Oct 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Mychal Denzel Smith
How One Man Refused to Spy on Fellow Muslims for the FBI—and Then Lost Everything How One Man Refused to Spy on Fellow Muslims for the FBI—and Then Lost Everything
The case of Ayyub Abdul-Alim fits a decades-long pattern of government criminalization of African-American Muslims.
Oct 14, 2014 / Arun Kundnani, Emily Keppler, and Muki Najaer
How the ‘War on Women’ Is Deepening Racial Inequality How the ‘War on Women’ Is Deepening Racial Inequality
A new report suggests that racial disparities in women’s health are aggravated by states’ refusal to expand Medicaid.
Oct 14, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Affirmative Consent as State Law in California Affirmative Consent as State Law in California
The state of California has adopted a new framework of consent for colleges and universities which will have widespread implications for prosecuting sexual assault.
Oct 14, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Immaculate Criticism: The Beltway Hops Aboard Leon Panetta’s Book Tour Immaculate Criticism: The Beltway Hops Aboard Leon Panetta’s Book Tour
Eric on The New Yorker Festival and Reed on the lazy Beltway boosterism of Leon Panetta's new book.
Oct 14, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson