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Yes, Arresting Subway Dancers Is Still a Way of Criminalizing Black Youth

Yes, Arresting Subway Dancers Is Still a Way of Criminalizing Black Youth Yes, Arresting Subway Dancers Is Still a Way of Criminalizing Black Youth

However one feels about subway dancers’ high flying antics, we should be able to agree they shouldn’t be arrested.

Jul 8, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count

Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count

Humpty Dumpty hasn’t been put back together yet, thirteen years after the US invasion.

Jul 8, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss

145 Nominees Still Can’t Do Their Jobs Because Republicans Won’t Do Theirs

145 Nominees Still Can’t Do Their Jobs Because Republicans Won’t Do Theirs 145 Nominees Still Can’t Do Their Jobs Because Republicans Won’t Do Theirs

Senate Republicans have ground the body to a near-halt on nominations.

Jul 8, 2014 / George Zornick

If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners?

If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners? If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners?

The US government has until Tuesday evening to explain to a federal judge why men held at Guantánamo do not have the same religious freedoms as Hobby Lobby.

Jul 8, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

On the NSA, Hillary Clinton Is Either a Fool or a Liar

On the NSA, Hillary Clinton Is Either a Fool or a Liar On the NSA, Hillary Clinton Is Either a Fool or a Liar

Clinton is using Edward Snowden as a punching bag to shore up her hawkish bona fides. 

Jul 8, 2014 / Robert Scheer

Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit

Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit

National Education Association calls out Obama’s education secretary for focusing on high-stakes testing. Democrats should take the criticism seriously.

Jul 8, 2014 / John Nichols

How Consumers Are Getting Screwed by Court-Enforced Arbitration

How Consumers Are Getting Screwed by Court-Enforced Arbitration How Consumers Are Getting Screwed by Court-Enforced Arbitration

The Supreme Court has given financial institutions and employers a license to do wrong—and it’s hitting the poor especially hard.

Jul 8, 2014 / Herman Schwartz

The One Underlying Factor That Explains All of Today’s Wars

The One Underlying Factor That Explains All of Today’s Wars The One Underlying Factor That Explains All of Today’s Wars

Convulsions of violent conflict from Iraq to Nigeria to Ukraine are all being fueled by the same thing—fuel.

Jul 8, 2014 / Michael T. Klare

Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train

Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train

Despite the president’s promise to cut funding to discredited HIV and pregnancy prevention programs, taxpayer dollars are still bankrolling anti-gay, anti-choice conservative relig...

Jul 8, 2014 / Andy Kopsa

North Carolina’s ‘Monster’ Voting Law Challenged in Federal Court

North Carolina’s ‘Monster’ Voting Law Challenged in Federal Court North Carolina’s ‘Monster’ Voting Law Challenged in Federal Court

The federal government and civil rights groups want the state's anti-voting law blocked before the 2014 midterms. 

Jul 8, 2014 / Ari Berman

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