This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way
The history of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers shows us just how much can be accomplished with savvy organizing at the grassroots and perseverance.
Oct 18, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
New DHS Nominee Spent Years Justifying War on Terror’s Excesses New DHS Nominee Spent Years Justifying War on Terror’s Excesses
The former Pentagon lawyer will be dealing with cybersnooping, immigration and border security.
Oct 18, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Israel Hater’s Handbook, Continued… The Israel Hater’s Handbook, Continued…
Alterman on Max Blumenthal's Goliath and Reed on how the media enables the govern-by-crisis mentality.
Oct 17, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Evangeline Lilly Explains How the Government Tracks You Evangeline Lilly Explains How the Government Tracks You
“The government has turned the Internet we love into something it was never intended to be: a tool for surveilling everyone.”
Oct 17, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
How Congress Just Stuck It to Monsanto How Congress Just Stuck It to Monsanto
Farmers, civil liberties and food safety advocates had worried that a funding resolution would extend the rider, which crippled oversight over GMOs.
Oct 17, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
My Visit With Edward Snowden My Visit With Edward Snowden
Although living in exile from the country he loves, Snowden is warm, centered and engaged and follows debates about surveillance with a keen legal acumen.
Oct 17, 2013 / Jesselyn Radack
Farmworkers Hit NYC to Protest Wendy’s Labor Practices Farmworkers Hit NYC to Protest Wendy’s Labor Practices
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers protests the fast-food company’s refusal to sign on to its fair labor initiative.
Oct 17, 2013 / Aaron Miguel Cantú
That Time When DC Stopped Funding Domestic Violence Shelters While Both Congressional Gyms Stayed Open That Time When DC Stopped Funding Domestic Violence Shelters While Both Congressional Gyms Stayed Open
Who decides what’s “essential” during a government shutdown?
Oct 17, 2013 / Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford
Chris Christie Gets What He Wanted: Very Little Democracy Chris Christie Gets What He Wanted: Very Little Democracy
The New Jersey governor gamed the election process to assure that few voters chose the state's new senator: Cory Booker.
Oct 17, 2013 / John Nichols