Update: Saudi Activists Need Your Help Update: Saudi Activists Need Your Help
Call on the Canadian ambassador to Saudi Arabia to help get Wajeha Al-Huwaider out of prison now.
Jun 24, 2013 / Katha Pollitt
More Questions for James Comey More Questions for James Comey
Obama’s Republican nominee for FBI chief is much less than the civil liberties hero he appears to be.
Jun 24, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
‘A Slow-Motion Train Wreck’: The Real Consequences of the Sequester ‘A Slow-Motion Train Wreck’: The Real Consequences of the Sequester
This is what $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending cuts through 2022 looks like.
Jun 24, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Brazil: Yes, Blame the Damn World Cup Brazil: Yes, Blame the Damn World Cup
Efforts by Brazil’s leaders and FIFA leaders to delink protests from the World Cup and Olympics will fail.
Jun 24, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Glenn Greenwald Is ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Democracy Glenn Greenwald Is ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Democracy
Historical (and contemporary) context went missing on Meet the Press.
Jun 24, 2013 / John Nichols
Walmart Fires Eleven Strikers in Alleged Retaliation Walmart Fires Eleven Strikers in Alleged Retaliation
The OUR Walmart campaign alleges that multiple strikers are being retaliated against.
Jun 22, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Why Are Brazilians Protesting the World Cup? Why Are Brazilians Protesting the World Cup?
Most Brazilians feel that the biggest football festival in the world, along with the foundation of their country, is being stolen from them.
Jun 21, 2013 / Marina Amaral and Natalia Viana
From Albuquerque to Albany, Students Build Regional Networks From Albuquerque to Albany, Students Build Regional Networks
As students in Philadelphia and Chicago resist draconian budget cuts, organizers across the country build for August’s National Student Power Convergence.
Jun 21, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
‘Equal’ Does Not Equal ‘Fair’ ‘Equal’ Does Not Equal ‘Fair’
Eric on two recent deaths and Reed on the fallacy of balance in the same-sex marriage debate.
Jun 21, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
John Nichols: Standardized Testing Is ‘a Mess’ John Nichols: Standardized Testing Is ‘a Mess’
School districts feel immense pressure to test, but teachers and parents are beginning to fight back.
Jun 21, 2013 / Press Room