Too Big to Jail Too Big to Jail
Can we all agree that a $1 billion swindle represents a lot of money? So why isn't former Citigroup Chairman Robert Rubin breaking a sweat?
Nov 3, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Regulating CPCs: Consumer Protection or Affront to Free Speech? Regulating CPCs: Consumer Protection or Affront to Free Speech?
Baltimore and New York are requiring crisis pregnancy centers to disclose basic information about their services. But some judges say these ordinances violate the First Amendment.
Oct 31, 2011 / Kate Murphy
Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill
Twenty years after Anita Hill boldly brought workplace sexual harassment to the American public consciousness, The Nation celebrates the progress we have made in the two decades si...
Oct 26, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas
Local Governments Slash Funding for Domestic Violence Survivors Local Governments Slash Funding for Domestic Violence Survivors
Topeka, Kansas, decriminalized domestic violence to save money. It’s not the only city to cut services to survivors of abuse, just as the need escalates.
Oct 19, 2011 / Bryce Covert
Alabama’s HB56 and the Dark Side of Fake Economic Fixes Alabama’s HB56 and the Dark Side of Fake Economic Fixes
A new anti-immigrant law breeds fear and hostility, turning immigrants into scapegoats for the economic crisis.
Oct 17, 2011 / Ilyse Hogue
Wall Street’s Second Occupation Wall Street’s Second Occupation
The police occupation of the Wall Street area has been hardly less massive, sustained or impressive than the Zuccotti Park encampment.
Oct 17, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
The Anita Hill Hearings: When ‘Just Life’ Became Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Harassment Became Wrong The Anita Hill Hearings: When ‘Just Life’ Became Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Harassment Became Wrong
Twenty years after Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the sexual harassment she’d experienced working for Clarence Thomas, the facts of the hear...
Oct 16, 2011 / Emily Douglas
The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws
In Georgia, HB 87 is a “giant scarecrow” for immigrant labor, and the result has been hundreds of millions in lost crops.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Greg Asbed and Sean Sellers
Questions for San Francisco DA Candidate David Onek Questions for San Francisco DA Candidate David Onek
The longtime criminal justice reformer believes the city can improve public safety through smarter spending on social services.
Oct 11, 2011 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’ Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’
The “Irvine 11” are fast becoming First Amendment poster children. A closer look at the long history of several external organizations’ interest in their case, ho...
Oct 6, 2011 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy