Society

Eggs Are People Too! Eggs Are People Too!

Today's “right to life” rhetoric is a bizarre cross between the theological imperative to be fruitful and multiply and the fetishism of microbiological cellular promise...

Mar 21, 2012 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

No More Trayvon Martins No More Trayvon Martins

Abolish Florida’s “Stand Your Ground“ Law.

Mar 21, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

The GOP Assault on the Voting Rights Act The GOP Assault on the Voting Rights Act

Texas is arguing it is unconstitutional; conservative scholars say it is outdated. Both are wrong. 

Mar 21, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Will the Supreme Court Toss Life Without Parole for Juveniles? Will the Supreme Court Toss Life Without Parole for Juveniles?

Some justices hint they might limit mandatory sentences that send teenagers to die in prison.

Mar 21, 2012 / Blog / Liliana Segura

Jeremy Scahill: Obama Is the Only Person Keeping Abdulelah Haider Shaye in Prison Jeremy Scahill: Obama Is the Only Person Keeping Abdulelah Haider Shaye in Prison

Why is President Obama keeping a journalist imprisoned in Yemen?

Mar 20, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Forty Years Later, We’re Still Fighting ‘Eisenstadt v. Baird’

Forty Years Later, We’re Still Fighting ‘Eisenstadt v. Baird’ Forty Years Later, We’re Still Fighting ‘Eisenstadt v. Baird’

Rush Limbaugh's anti-contraception tirade targeted a single woman. Would he have had done the same if Sandra Fluke had been married?

Mar 20, 2012 / Jonathan D. Moreno and Frances Kissling

Trayvon Martin’s Killing and Our Deep Distrust of Government Trayvon Martin’s Killing and Our Deep Distrust of Government

Our police force is the only entity that can ensure protection and justice. We must reform it, not opt out of it.

Mar 20, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert

‘Dear G-d’: My Fervent Prayer That Tim Tebow Becomes a Miami Dolphin ‘Dear G-d’: My Fervent Prayer That Tim Tebow Becomes a Miami Dolphin

Please, oh please: may the soon-to-be ex–Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow land in Miami. It’s a match made in my own idea of Heaven.

Mar 20, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin

How Will Voters Respond to the War on Women? How Will Voters Respond to the War on Women?

Has President Obama stood strong enough on women's issues?

Mar 19, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Dave Zirin: The Flaws and Failures of College Sports Dave Zirin: The Flaws and Failures of College Sports

How the college sports system exploits student-athletes while raking in billions.

Mar 19, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

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