Society

Healthcare and Scalia’s Broken Moral Compass Healthcare and Scalia’s Broken Moral Compass

As America awaits the Supreme Court’s decision on healthcare, it’s important to remember that what’s really on trial is humanity itself. 

Jun 18, 2012 / Blog / Ilyse Hogue

Romney’s Latino Problem Romney’s Latino Problem

The president’s new immigration policy leaves Mitt with an impossible task: appealing to Latinos while appeasing his base.

Jun 18, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Red State Hoops: The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Value of Seattle’s Rage Red State Hoops: The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Value of Seattle’s Rage

The Oklahoma City Thunder are a stolen franchise. Here’s hoping Seattle remembers why they left.

Jun 16, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Fannie Lou Who? Why Voting Rights Still Matter Fannie Lou Who? Why Voting Rights Still Matter

What does reporting on voting rights mean at a time when a person's race, gender and class still determines if they'll be targeted for voter suppression?

Jun 15, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

The New York Photo League’s Radical Camera The New York Photo League’s Radical Camera

The esthetic of American social realism, especially when it was fueled by Marxist fires, may have had it right all along.

Jun 15, 2012 / Lee Siegel

Vagina, Vagina, Vagina Vagina, Vagina, Vagina

How can Republicans legislate something they’re too afraid to say?

Jun 15, 2012 / Blog / Jessica Valenti

Moustafa Bayoumi: Scapegoating Islam

Moustafa Bayoumi: Scapegoating Islam Moustafa Bayoumi: Scapegoating Islam

How anti-Muslim bias entered the mainstream.

Jun 14, 2012 / Audio / The Nation

Arne Duncan: Fund Community Colleges, Not Prisons Arne Duncan: Fund Community Colleges, Not Prisons

On Tuesday, the secretary of education spoke bluntly about our nation’s values.

Jun 14, 2012 / Blog / Dana Goldstein

Moustafa Bayoumi: Criminalizing Muslims

Moustafa Bayoumi: Criminalizing Muslims Moustafa Bayoumi: Criminalizing Muslims

In the public imagination, September 11, 2001 marked the arrival of Islam in this country, bound to narratives of destruction and terror.

Jun 14, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds

Chris Hayes and Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Twilight of the Elites

Chris Hayes and Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Twilight of the Elites Chris Hayes and Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Twilight of the Elites

Have the elite leaders of our meritocratic society failed us?

Jun 14, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds

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