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The Former Terror Suspect Leading the Attack on the Brooklyn College BDS Panel

The Former Terror Suspect Leading the Attack on the Brooklyn College BDS Panel The Former Terror Suspect Leading the Attack on the Brooklyn College BDS Panel

State Assemblyman Dov Hikind was deeply involved in the Jewish Defense League, which the FBI listed as a “violent extremist Jewish organization.” Other officials should...

Feb 6, 2013 / Max Blumenthal

Meet the Dreamers Escorted Out of the House Immigration Hearing

Meet the Dreamers Escorted Out of the House Immigration Hearing Meet the Dreamers Escorted Out of the House Immigration Hearing

The House held its first immigration hearing of the year—and undocumented youth claimed their space there. 

Feb 6, 2013 / Aura Bogado

Baltimore Ravens Summon the Poetry of Muhammad Ali

Baltimore Ravens Summon the Poetry of Muhammad Ali Baltimore Ravens Summon the Poetry of Muhammad Ali

A terrific quote by Coach John Harbaugh at the Ravens victory rally deserves its historic context.

Feb 6, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

As we mark the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, how far have we come? And how far do we have to go?

Feb 6, 2013 / Ilyse Hogue

Living Next Door to Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic Living Next Door to Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic

Regardless of politics, nobody wants to wake up to the sound of “baby killers!”

Feb 5, 2013 / Nona Willis Aronowitz

Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry

Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry

How the work of a literary critic became the proxy for our preoccupation with the horrors of torture.

Feb 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger’s Jews and Words.

Feb 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Laura Brahm

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Does Obama Really Shoot Skeet? Who Cares?

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Does Obama Really Shoot Skeet? Who Cares? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Does Obama Really Shoot Skeet? Who Cares?

As the Washington media gleefully covers the skeet shooting photo, real issues like joblessness get left left by the wayside.
 

Feb 5, 2013 / Press Room

Why Don’t White-Collar Criminals Get Equal Time?

Why Don’t White-Collar Criminals Get Equal Time? Why Don’t White-Collar Criminals Get Equal Time?

The Justice Department is suing Standard & Poor’s. But why isn’t anyone going to jail?

Feb 5, 2013 / William Greider

Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home?

Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home? Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home?

A slippery slope that ought to scare us all.

Feb 5, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

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