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We Already Had an Election to Decide Who Gets to Appoint the Next Supreme Court Justice

We Already Had an Election to Decide Who Gets to Appoint the Next Supreme Court Justice We Already Had an Election to Decide Who Gets to Appoint the Next Supreme Court Justice

It was in 2012.

Feb 15, 2016 / Nan Aron and Kyle C. Barry

Peyton Manning

The Past Is Never Dead: Peyton Manning and Today’s Jock-Rape Culture at Tennessee The Past Is Never Dead: Peyton Manning and Today’s Jock-Rape Culture at Tennessee

An old college case against the star quarterback was never confronted. Today, women are letting the school know that they have paid the price for this negligence.

Feb 15, 2016 / Dave Zirin

NSA: National Security, Art

NSA: National Security, Art NSA: National Security, Art

Perhaps what’s most striking about “Astro Noise” and “Agitprop!” are the ingenuity and openness of the institutions hosting the shows.

Feb 15, 2016 / Alina Cohen

Senator Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Wants Obama to Have a 3-Year Last Term Mitch McConnell Wants Obama to Have a 3-Year Last Term

Just because McConnell’s insistence that Obama shouldn’t nominate a new Supreme Court justice is expected, that doesn’t make it normal. It’s outrageous.

Feb 14, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Supreme Court

Yes, President Obama Can Still Nominate a Supreme Court Justice Yes, President Obama Can Still Nominate a Supreme Court Justice

The Republican presidential candidates are wrong. Supreme Court nominees can and should be confirmed in election years.

Feb 14, 2016 / John Nichols

Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right.

Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right. Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right.

Time is running out for the Republicans to come up with a consensus alternative to the Greatest Shill on Earth.

Feb 14, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Thousands March in North Carolina to Protest Voter Suppression

Thousands March in North Carolina to Protest Voter Suppression Thousands March in North Carolina to Protest Voter Suppression

Civil-rights activists mobilize to make their voices heard at the ballot box in 2016.

Feb 13, 2016 / Ari Berman

A Concrete Plan to Make Black Lives Matter

A Concrete Plan to Make Black Lives Matter A Concrete Plan to Make Black Lives Matter

This is a plan for pressuring whoever is in office, whether they are sympathetic to the causes of racial and economic justice or not.

Feb 13, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Immigration protest

What’s the Difference Between a Refugee and a Deportee? A Lawyer. What’s the Difference Between a Refugee and a Deportee? A Lawyer.

Prompted by the ongoing crisis of child migrants from Central American, Senate Democrats are trying to get due process for “vulnerable” asylum seekers.

Feb 13, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Trump Baton Rouge

Donald Trump, the Most Dangerous Face in the Republican Crowd Donald Trump, the Most Dangerous Face in the Republican Crowd

Like “Lonesome” Rhodes, the lead character in Elia Kazan’s great 1957 movie about demagogy, Trump is a case study of narcissism and megalomania run amok.

Feb 12, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky

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