US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them
An internal review of the US Border Patrol raises serious questions about the agency’s use-of-force policy.
Feb 28, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
It’s Our Act of Killing, Too It’s Our Act of Killing, Too
The brilliant Oscar-nominated film The Act of Killing depicts the horrifying mass murder in Indonesia in the 1960s—but the US was no mere observer.
Feb 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Brad Simpson
Maine GOP Lawmaker Regrets Suggesting That if Abortion Is Legal, Rape Should Be Too Maine GOP Lawmaker Regrets Suggesting That if Abortion Is Legal, Rape Should Be Too
Rep. Lawrence Lockman made a career of making vile comments about AIDS, LGBTQ people, women, abortion and rape.
Feb 28, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
How a British Citizen Was Stripped of His Citizenship, Then Sent to a Manhattan Prison How a British Citizen Was Stripped of His Citizenship, Then Sent to a Manhattan Prison
Britain’s citizenship deprivation processes may help obscure the Obama administration’s willingness to kill and kidnap Britons.
Feb 28, 2014 / Aviva Stahl
MSNBC and Its Discontents MSNBC and Its Discontents
Are Alec Baldwin and Bill Maher right about the network?
Feb 28, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Obama Administration Takes a Step Toward Drilling in the Atlantic Obama Administration Takes a Step Toward Drilling in the Atlantic
Should climate hawks really worry about rising domestic fossil fuel production?
Feb 28, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Should de Blasio Bail Out Waterfront Homeowners? Should de Blasio Bail Out Waterfront Homeowners?
The mayor faces a request for an aggressive post-Sandy policy.
Feb 28, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
Like Obama Himself, My Brother’s Keeper Is Admirable but Flawed Like Obama Himself, My Brother’s Keeper Is Admirable but Flawed
While President Obama no doubt cares deeply about America’s inequality, his approach to solving it is flawed.
Feb 28, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
In the GOP’s Civil War, the Establishment Is Winning In the GOP’s Civil War, the Establishment Is Winning
The Tea Party insurgents may be troublemakers, but they don’t outweigh the Republican establishment.
Feb 28, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
After Darren Sharper, the NFL Must Address Violence Against Women After Darren Sharper, the NFL Must Address Violence Against Women
When will Roger Goodell and the NFL stand up and say they have a violence against women problem?
Feb 28, 2014 / Dave Zirin