Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary
What, to a critic of marriage, makes the ceremony itself so tear-worthy?
Mar 28, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Wayne LaPierre Is Winning Wayne LaPierre Is Winning
Deride the NRA's spokesman all you want, but his group is close to gutting gun control legislation in Congress.
Mar 27, 2013 / The Editors
Rape—Still No Joke Rape—Still No Joke
Decades of work to change rape laws has done little to change culture.
Mar 27, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
The Dark Side of DNA Evidence The Dark Side of DNA Evidence
Collecting DNA upon arrest can identify the guilty and exonerate the innocent. But it also amounts to an expanding racial dragnet.
Mar 27, 2013 / Jason Silverstein
The Passion and Eloquence of Anthony Lewis The Passion and Eloquence of Anthony Lewis
For more than three decades, he was perhaps the most prominent establishment voice for the antiwar, human rights and civil rights movements.
Mar 27, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
What Difference Will Same-Sex Marriage Make? What Difference Will Same-Sex Marriage Make?
Sooner or later, marriage equality will win. What happens to marriage then?
Mar 27, 2013 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
‘Roe’ Didn’t Incite the Culture Wars, and Neither Would a Supreme Court Ruling for Marriage Equality ‘Roe’ Didn’t Incite the Culture Wars, and Neither Would a Supreme Court Ruling for Marriage Equality
The right to marry someone of the same sex is the most visible civil rights issue of the past decade. So why are even liberal-minded people encouraging the Court to punt?
Mar 27, 2013 / Jill Filipovic
What Can Men Do to Stop Rape Culture? What Can Men Do to Stop Rape Culture?
Or, what does it mean to be a man? Eve Ensler talks to a panel of men, including Dave Zirin, Jimmy Briggs and Tony Porter, on the role men can play in ending rape culture.
Mar 27, 2013 / Press Room
In Oral Argument, Justices Seem Ready to Rule on the Constitutionality of DOMA In Oral Argument, Justices Seem Ready to Rule on the Constitutionality of DOMA
If so, there will be a definitive ruling on the constitutionality of the federal law barring recognition of same-sex marriages that are valid under state law.
Mar 27, 2013 / Nan D. Hunter
Pro Sports Can Help End Rape Pro Sports Can Help End Rape
Major sports leagues should enlist themselves in the funding of curriculum to break the connections between jock culture and rape culture.
Mar 27, 2013 / Dave Zirin