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Bring the No-Fly Zone Home to Arizona Bring the No-Fly Zone Home to Arizona

Could Obama and his supporters take a break from celebrating so-called no-fly zones—and take a look at what’s happening in Arizona?

Mar 30, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Justice for Betty Dukes and the Women of Wal-Mart? Justice for Betty Dukes and the Women of Wal-Mart?

If corporate America and right-wing libertarians get their way, thousands of female Wal-Mart employees will never get the substance of their case heard in court.

Mar 30, 2011 / Liza Featherstone

Big Pharma Strikes Again Big Pharma Strikes Again

Republicans often bemoan what they view as the heavy burden of government regulation. But the absence of such regulation, combined with the prevalence of industry-bought loopholes,...

Mar 29, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman

Cleveland, Texas and Gender Jim Crow Cleveland, Texas and Gender Jim Crow

In the wake of national scrutiny over the rape of an 11-year-old girl, African-Americans in Cleveland espoused the same moral exceptions that white Southerners used to excuse lynch...

Mar 29, 2011 / William Jelani Cobb

Are There No Standards for Punditry? Are There No Standards for Punditry?

Thanks to cable news, discredited experts and government officials are regularly reborn as trusted authorities.

Mar 29, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

How ‘Enemy Creep’ Is Guantánamo-izing America How ‘Enemy Creep’ Is Guantánamo-izing America

Congressman Peter King's hearings on Muslim radicalization are only the latest sign that, if the ascending right in Washington (and elsewhere) has its way, the age of toleranc...

Mar 29, 2011 / Karen J. Greenberg

Wisconsin’s Cronon Affair: The Power of a Simple Fact Wisconsin’s Cronon Affair: The Power of a Simple Fact

Why are the Republicans going after a history professor who calls himself a “centrist”?

Mar 28, 2011 / The Notion / Jon Wiener

Unpacking for a Disaster Unpacking for a Disaster

The catastrophes in Japan remain that country’s tragedy, so we need to keep our own anxieties here in the US in check—or harness them to make constructive changes in ...

Mar 28, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit

Wisconsin GOP Seeks to Silence a Distinguished Dissenter. McCarthyism is Back. Wisconsin GOP Seeks to Silence a Distinguished Dissenter. McCarthyism is Back.

When Bill Cronon, a University of Wisconsin professor, started raising questions about whether Governor Scott Walker’s attacks on labor unions might have been organized ...

Mar 25, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

‘If I Turn Traitor…’ ‘If I Turn Traitor…’

Eric Alterman reviews music and Reed Richardson parses the ethics of sports journalism.

Mar 25, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman

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