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How corporations seek to make big bucks off mass incarceration.

Oct 2, 2013 / Liliana Segura

Marshall Berman: All That Is Solid Melts…

Marshall Berman: All That Is Solid Melts… Marshall Berman: All That Is Solid Melts…

Liberals honor a great public intellectual—while the editor of Commentary compares him to a Nazi. 

Oct 2, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman

Americans Hate Obamacare, Love Affordable Care Act

Americans Hate Obamacare, Love Affordable Care Act Americans Hate Obamacare, Love Affordable Care Act

Jimmy Kimmel shows they don’t get that O’care=ACA.

Oct 2, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Hate Crime Laws Don’t Prevent Violence Against LGBT People

Hate Crime Laws Don’t Prevent Violence Against LGBT People Hate Crime Laws Don’t Prevent Violence Against LGBT People

So why do many LGBT people, and others, feel so deeply about the need to have them?

Oct 2, 2013 / Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, and Michael Amico

Joining Forces With NARAL Pro-Choice America

Joining Forces With NARAL Pro-Choice America Joining Forces With NARAL Pro-Choice America

I’m joining NARAL Pro-Choice America as a member of their board of directors, and I’m excited to work with their new initiatives to include young people.

Oct 2, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare

The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare

Is our employer-based healthcare system hurting our economy and culture by keeping too many creatives and entrepreneurs tied to their jobs?

Oct 2, 2013 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee

The Sliming of Josh Freeman

The Sliming of Josh Freeman The Sliming of Josh Freeman

Would the Tampa Bay Buccaneers leak confidential information that implied one of their own players was on drugs as a way to deflect attention from another wretched season?

Oct 1, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Copyright Without Law?

Copyright Without Law? Copyright Without Law?

A legal quirk enabled Samuel Roth to pirate Ulysses. Was Roth a copyright anarchist or a pioneer?

Oct 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain

Bill de Blasio Hits Back at Joe Lhota’s ‘Commie’ Charge

Bill de Blasio Hits Back at Joe Lhota’s ‘Commie’ Charge Bill de Blasio Hits Back at Joe Lhota’s ‘Commie’ Charge

Two blasts from the past in NYC mayor’s race, but media see only one explosion.

Oct 1, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn’t Profit Off Indigent Families

Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn’t Profit Off Indigent Families Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn’t Profit Off Indigent Families

Prison phone companies like Global Tel* Link get away with charging prisoners exorbitant rates just to keep in touch with their families. Tell the Federal Communications Commission...

Oct 1, 2013 / NationAction

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