De Blasio Wins Debate; GOP Wants Him as Its False Equivalency Voodoo Doll De Blasio Wins Debate; GOP Wants Him as Its False Equivalency Voodoo Doll
With de Blasio coming out on top in last night’s debate, Republicans regroup for future attacks.
Oct 16, 2013 / Leslie Savan
Netroots Goes Global Netroots Goes Global
A new wave of online organizations are replicating the MoveOn model across the world.
Oct 16, 2013 / Feature / David Karpf
What Democrats Should Demand What Democrats Should Demand
If Republicans are playing hardball, Democrats should too.
Oct 16, 2013 / Bryce Covert
White House v. Watchdogs White House v. Watchdogs
A damning new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists raises alarm about the press under Obama.
Oct 16, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Forty-Five Years Later, John Carlos and Tommie Smith Have Never Been More Relevant Forty-Five Years Later, John Carlos and Tommie Smith Have Never Been More Relevant
On this, the forty-fifth anniversary of the fists of freedom at the 1968 Olympics, we need a new Olympic Project for Human Rights.
Oct 16, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Praying for Broken Hearts in the GOP Praying for Broken Hearts in the GOP
A hundred and fifty people of faith and furloughed workers marched on the offices of GOP leaders.
Oct 16, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
The Long and Short of Memory The Long and Short of Memory
What the modern science of memory owes to the amnesiac patient H.M.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Charles Gross
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Why Bartolomé de las Casas should have nothing to do with it.
Oct 15, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Separate and Unequal Voting in Arizona and Kansas Separate and Unequal Voting in Arizona and Kansas
Two states want to create a two-tiered voting system reminiscent of the Jim Crow South.
Oct 15, 2013 / Ari Berman
Should It Cost Less to Get Out of Jail if You’re Rich? Should It Cost Less to Get Out of Jail if You’re Rich?
Thanks to the $14 billion commercial bail industry, we have two criminal justice systems: one for the rich and one for the rest of us.
Oct 15, 2013 / NationAction