After Dorner: How the LAPD Has Covered Up Its Bad Behavior After Dorner: How the LAPD Has Covered Up Its Bad Behavior
The LAPD is supposed to have cleaned up its act under the tenure of Police Chief Charlie Beck. But his record is rife with denials and whitewashes.
Mar 26, 2013 / Uzma Kolsy
Ross Tuttle: The Heavy Hands Behind Stop-and-Frisk Ross Tuttle: The Heavy Hands Behind Stop-and-Frisk
In Floyd v. City of New York, stop-and-frisk is on the stand—bringing to light police dissent with the NYPD’s discriminatory policies.
Mar 25, 2013 / Press Room
What You Need to Know As Prop 8 Hits the Supreme Court What You Need to Know As Prop 8 Hits the Supreme Court
Hollingsworth v. Perry is the first gay marriage case ever argued before the Court. What’s it going to take for advocates of equality to win?
Mar 25, 2013 / Nan D. Hunter
Anthony Lewis, 1927–2013 Anthony Lewis, 1927–2013
The late New York Times columnist believed telling critical truths about your country was a higher form of patriotism.
Mar 25, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
The Aspiring Folk Hero: Why LeBron James Will Return to the Cleveland Cavaliers The Aspiring Folk Hero: Why LeBron James Will Return to the Cleveland Cavaliers
King James is hinting that he will leave the Miami Heat and return to Cleveland—a move that would be felt far beyond the sports world.
Mar 25, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Life, Death and Accountability in Anaheim Life, Death and Accountability in Anaheim
Another white officer is absolved in the killing of an unarmed Latino man.
Mar 22, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Bipartisan Push to Scrap Medical Device Tax Is a Cautionary Tale Bipartisan Push to Scrap Medical Device Tax Is a Cautionary Tale
A bipartisan vote to repeal a good tax shows how tricky it can be to enact real tax reform.
Mar 22, 2013 / George Zornick
Ten Years Later, NPR Still Lets War Hawks Make Pathetic Excuses Ten Years Later, NPR Still Lets War Hawks Make Pathetic Excuses
The sins of omission in interviewing neocons Richard Perle and Stephen Hadley.
Mar 22, 2013 / Leslie Savan
What’s So Funny About Steubenville? What’s So Funny About Steubenville?
Decades of feminist work on rape awareness may have changed policy, but it has done little to change the culture.
Mar 22, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
30 Seconds Over Toledo: How Political Ads Spell Trouble for TV News and Democracy 30 Seconds Over Toledo: How Political Ads Spell Trouble for TV News and Democracy
In the wake of Citizens United, big campaign donors are buying off not only politicians, but also the local news networks that cover them.
Mar 21, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson