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UN Takes on Disarmament’s Next Frontier: Killer Robots

UN Takes on Disarmament’s Next Frontier: Killer Robots UN Takes on Disarmament’s Next Frontier: Killer Robots

A new campaign against robotic weapons systems is challenging society’s latest threat to peace.

Jun 14, 2013 / Barbara Crossette

Graduation Day Complaint from Fox News: Commencement Speakers Are All Liberals

Graduation Day Complaint from Fox News: Commencement Speakers Are All Liberals Graduation Day Complaint from Fox News: Commencement Speakers Are All Liberals

At the top liberal colleges and universities, commencement speakers are usually liberals. So what?

Jun 14, 2013 / Blog / Jon Wiener

Joss Whedon and the Pop Culture Canon

Joss Whedon and the Pop Culture Canon Joss Whedon and the Pop Culture Canon

Much Ado About Nothing is great! Does it matter that its appeal depends on being a Whedon nerd?

Jun 14, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Dean

Peter King Goes All 1798 on the Bill of Rights

Peter King Goes All 1798 on the Bill of Rights Peter King Goes All 1798 on the Bill of Rights

With his proposal to jail Glenn Greenwald, the New York Republican recalls an ugly tradition of attacking freedom of the press.

Jun 14, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants’ Lives at Risk

How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants’ Lives at Risk How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants’ Lives at Risk

Many progressives have accepted increased border security as a necessary tradeoff for getting a bill passed. The terms of this compromise will be paid in blood.

Jun 13, 2013 / Catherine Gaffney and Kate Morgan-Olsen

Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents

Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents

The unanimous decision is a victory for patients, women, scientists, doctors, researchers and human kind.

Jun 13, 2013 / Rose-Ellen Lessy

White America Is Here to Stay

White America Is Here to Stay White America Is Here to Stay

There may be fewer white babies being born, but power still rests in the hands of this privileged racial category. 

Jun 13, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

House GOP Revolt Against Immigration Reform Begins

House GOP Revolt Against Immigration Reform Begins House GOP Revolt Against Immigration Reform Begins

Seventy House GOP members are poised to put John Boehner—and immigration reform—in an incredibly tough position. 

Jun 13, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick

Limit Graduates’ Debt, Not Their Options

Limit Graduates’ Debt, Not Their Options Limit Graduates’ Debt, Not Their Options

For many students, college is synonymous with debt and financial stress—and it shouldn’t have to be.

Jun 13, 2013 / StudentNation / Alina Butareva and StudentNation

Glenn Greenwald’s ‘Epic Botch’?

Glenn Greenwald’s ‘Epic Botch’? Glenn Greenwald’s ‘Epic Botch’?

According to tech experts, Glenn Greenwald has made a big mistake on a key component of his work on the NSA’s PRISM program.

Jun 13, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein

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