Hate Crime Laws Don’t Prevent Violence Against LGBT People Hate Crime Laws Don’t Prevent Violence Against LGBT People
So why do many LGBT people, and others, feel so deeply about the need to have them?
Oct 2, 2013 / Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, and Michael Amico
Joining Forces With NARAL Pro-Choice America Joining Forces With NARAL Pro-Choice America
I’m joining NARAL Pro-Choice America as a member of their board of directors, and I’m excited to work with their new initiatives to include young people.
Oct 2, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
Is Israel Making Itself Irrelevant to the Iran Debate? Is Israel Making Itself Irrelevant to the Iran Debate?
Netanyahu's extreme rhetoric isolates the Jewish state.
Oct 2, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Dukakis and the Myth of Democratic Extremism Dukakis and the Myth of Democratic Extremism
Like Sisyphus, each generation of Democrats is forced to prove to pundits that finally, this time, they've really truly nominated a “moderate.” They’re always...
Oct 2, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
An Absence of Ideology: Why We Need More Partisanship An Absence of Ideology: Why We Need More Partisanship
WRITING CONTEST FINALIST: The tradition of debate that has always defined American democracy seems to have escaped us.
Oct 2, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Josue Moreno
The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare
Is our employer-based healthcare system hurting our economy and culture by keeping too many creatives and entrepreneurs tied to their jobs?
Oct 2, 2013 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee
The End of Majority Rule The End of Majority Rule
WRITING CONTEST FINALIST: When a political system is in gridlock, ordinary citizens suffer the consequences.
Oct 2, 2013 / StudentNation / Joao Lee and StudentNation
The Sliming of Josh Freeman The Sliming of Josh Freeman
Would the Tampa Bay Buccaneers leak confidential information that implied one of their own players was on drugs as a way to deflect attention from another wretched season?
Oct 1, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Demon and Craftsman: On D.H. Lawrence Demon and Craftsman: On D.H. Lawrence
The process of discovery, not their profundities as such, is what makes Lawrence’s poems so gripping.
Oct 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
Abandoned Futures: On Carol Bove Abandoned Futures: On Carol Bove
Sculpture as a study in disintegration.
Oct 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky