Society

Do Republicans Think They Can Win Without Women? Do Republicans Think They Can Win Without Women?

If they believe that in exercising control over women's reproductive functions, they will also control women's voices, they are wrong.

Mar 28, 2012 / Carol Gilligan

Texas Has to Chill With War on Voting Rights Act Texas Has to Chill With War on Voting Rights Act

In Texas, protectors of voting rights are concerned about the "chill effect" when it comes to voter ID law.

Mar 28, 2012 / Brentin Mock

Punditry and the Art of Failing Upward

Punditry and the Art of Failing Upward Punditry and the Art of Failing Upward

From William Kristol to Condi Rice to Joel Klein, conservatives turn disastrous decisions into fabulous careers. How do they do it?

Mar 28, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman

Trayvon Martin: What It’s Like to Be a Problem

Trayvon Martin: What It’s Like to Be a Problem Trayvon Martin: What It’s Like to Be a Problem

Despite the end of Jim Crow, it is once again socially, politically and legally acceptable to presume the guilt of nonwhite bodies.

Mar 28, 2012 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Conservative Media Smears Trayvon Martin

Conservative Media Smears Trayvon Martin Conservative Media Smears Trayvon Martin

Right wing commentators are seizing on irrelevant details of Martin's life to justify his death.

Mar 27, 2012 / Ben Adler

Supreme Court Wrangling Aside, We Still Need ‘Medicare for All’ Supreme Court Wrangling Aside, We Still Need ‘Medicare for All’

What if the justices scrap healthcare reform as the Obama administration imagines it? What if they don't? Nurses say the healthcare crisis will still demand real reform.

Mar 27, 2012 / John Nichols

Truth and Consequences: On Mike Daisey Truth and Consequences: On Mike Daisey

Chris Hayes's take on the Mike Daisey controversy.

Mar 27, 2012 / Chris Hayes

Food Fights

Food Fights Food Fights

The use of food as a weapon during World War II.

Mar 27, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

From ‘Brown’ to ‘Lawrence’: On the Struggle for Gay Civil Rights

From ‘Brown’ to ‘Lawrence’: On the Struggle for Gay Civil Rights From ‘Brown’ to ‘Lawrence’: On the Struggle for Gay Civil Rights

Dale Carpenter's exceptional account of the history of Lawrence v. Texas.

Mar 27, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

LISTEN: Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Healthcare Reform LISTEN: Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Healthcare Reform

The Supreme Court continues its hearings on President Obama's 2010 Affordable Care Act today in Washington D.C.

Mar 27, 2012 / The Nation

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