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Cambodian monks

Is Religious Freedom a Bad Idea? Is Religious Freedom a Bad Idea?

Scholars have taken to attacking religious rights, but their target is secularism as a whole.

Mar 16, 2016 / Udi Greenberg and Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard

There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard

In Episode 2, meet the residents of East New York, who are determined to protect their community from the waves of gentrification crashing over the rest of Brooklyn.

Mar 16, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright and There Goes the Neighborhood

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

Clinton Had a Very Good Night, but the Democratic Race is Far From Finished Clinton Had a Very Good Night, but the Democratic Race is Far From Finished

The majority of the delegates have yet to be chosen.

Mar 16, 2016 / John Nichols

It Is Still Donald Trump’s Party

It Is Still Donald Trump’s Party It Is Still Donald Trump’s Party

Rubio quits. Kasich wins Ohio. Cruz holds on. But it is still Donald’s night.

Mar 15, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Russian officials.

‘The Operative in the Kremlin’ Shocks the West Over Syria Withdrawal ‘The Operative in the Kremlin’ Shocks the West Over Syria Withdrawal

Now that Putin has withdrawn Russia’s overwhelming military support, Assad is under new and unexpected pressure to reach a compromise.

Mar 15, 2016 / James Carden

Los Angeles Rams Owner Wanted Players to Still Be Classified as St. Louis Workers

Los Angeles Rams Owner Wanted Players to Still Be Classified as St. Louis Workers Los Angeles Rams Owner Wanted Players to Still Be Classified as St. Louis Workers

Billionaire Stan Kroenke wished to take his NFL team to California. Yet he missed one thing about Missouri: the labor laws.

Mar 15, 2016 / Dave Zirin

It’s Time to Make the Presidential Candidates Answer for Their Support of the Death Penalty

It’s Time to Make the Presidential Candidates Answer for Their Support of the Death Penalty It’s Time to Make the Presidential Candidates Answer for Their Support of the Death Penalty

A man who had been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to die challenged Clinton on the death penalty. We need more of these moments.

Mar 15, 2016 / Hannah Riley

Antonin Scalia

Why Antonin Scalia Became So Prominent—And Why His Influence Will Not Last Why Antonin Scalia Became So Prominent—And Why His Influence Will Not Last

He was celebrated because he used his position as a Supreme Court justice to mobilize conservatives—but his views were antithetical to what is most enduring about American legal an...

Mar 15, 2016 / David Rudenstine

Baltimore houses

How Housing Vouchers Can Fight Residential Segregation How Housing Vouchers Can Fight Residential Segregation

Vouchers shouldn’t merely keep people off the streets; they should help families move to neighborhoods with more opportunities.

Mar 15, 2016 / Eva Rosen

The Good Liars with Rick Santorum

This Comedy Duo Is Masterfully Trolling the 2016 Campaign This Comedy Duo Is Masterfully Trolling the 2016 Campaign

They haven’t only crashed campaign events for Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton—they shot assault weapons with Rick Santorum.

Mar 15, 2016 / Richard Kreitner and Thomas Bollier

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