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Alex Sanchez Wins Bail Alex Sanchez Wins Bail

In a closed legal proceeding, Judge Manual Real grants bail to the Homies Unidos founder.

Jan 13, 2010 / Tom Hayden

Willing to Reconsider Willing to Reconsider

OK, so I've been a feminist against marriage for as long as I can remember but I will if you will.

Jan 13, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Terror in Uganda Terror in Uganda

Uganda is a country where homosexuality is already illegal, where violent attacks are common and where rape is used to 'cure' people of their sexual orientation. Now, a shocking ne...

Jan 12, 2010 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

Immigrant Deaths Covered Up Immigrant Deaths Covered Up

Monday, January 11, marks eight years since the Bush administration transferred the first prisoners to the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay. Ever since, human right...

Jan 12, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Mark McGwire’s Pound of Flesh Mark McGwire’s Pound of Flesh

In the ten years Brian Williams has anchored the NBC Nightly News, he has never once launched a broadcast by lambasting a public figure. Henry Paulson after the economic collapse? ...

Jan 12, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin

On Reid and Racism On Reid and Racism

Joe Biden once remarked that Barack Obama was "clean" and "articulate." He is now Vice President. During the Democratic primaries Hillary Clinton invoked Rober...

Jan 11, 2010 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry

Breaking News: Harry Reid Sees Black People Breaking News: Harry Reid Sees Black People

Stop the presses! Harry Reid said the word "Negro" and, worse, suggested that white people are less afraid of light-skinned blacks who don't use double negatives. But by ...

Jan 11, 2010 / The Notion / Kai Wright

Journalism in 10: Jane Mayer on Protecting Sources Journalism in 10: Jane Mayer on Protecting Sources

The New Yorker's Jane Mayer reflects on the perils of reporting in a post-9/11 world.

Jan 8, 2010 / Video / The Nation Video

Blackwater Injustice Blackwater Injustice

A federal judge has dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down fourteen innocent Iraqis in Baghdad's Nisour Square in 2007.

Jan 7, 2010 / Editorial / Jeremy Scahill

Looting Social Security Looting Social Security

The Washington Post has run a "news" article about deficit reduction produced by The Fiscal Times, an outfit backed by Social Security demonizer Pete Peterson.

Jan 7, 2010 / Editorial / William Greider

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