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The Data Hackers

The Data Hackers The Data Hackers

Mining your information for Big Brother.

Oct 8, 2013 / Pratap Chatterjee

California Just Got a Little Safer for Undocumented Residents

California Just Got a Little Safer for Undocumented Residents California Just Got a Little Safer for Undocumented Residents

An assortment of bills signed into law will allow undocumented immigrants to breathe, drive, and work a little easier. 

Oct 8, 2013 / Aura Bogado

Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown

Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown

Cut off from federal funding, programs serving abused women may be forced to close.

Oct 8, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Racism and Cruelty: What’s Behind the GOP’s Healthcare Agenda?

Racism and Cruelty: What’s Behind the GOP’s Healthcare Agenda? Racism and Cruelty: What’s Behind the GOP’s Healthcare Agenda?

Republicans replay their Southern Strategy in an attempt to undermine the Affordable Care Act.

Oct 8, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Giant Killer Robots and Other Safeguards of Democracy

Giant Killer Robots and Other Safeguards of Democracy Giant Killer Robots and Other Safeguards of Democracy

The Tea Party's latest legislative maneuver.

Oct 8, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

Meet the Medical Company Making $1.4 Billion a Year Off Sick Prisoners

Meet the Medical Company Making $1.4 Billion a Year Off Sick Prisoners Meet the Medical Company Making $1.4 Billion a Year Off Sick Prisoners

In states that use Corizon to provide healthcare in their prisons, medical neglect and abuse run rampant. 

Oct 8, 2013 / NationAction

When Divestment Isn’t Enough

When Divestment Isn’t Enough When Divestment Isn’t Enough

In the case of students with the passion to fight climate change, it’s time to face the truth and overcome it: we are the enemy.

Oct 8, 2013 / StudentNation / Alex Suber and StudentNation

Meet the Evangelical Cabal Orchestrating the Shutdown

Meet the Evangelical Cabal Orchestrating the Shutdown Meet the Evangelical Cabal Orchestrating the Shutdown

The Conservative Action Project, the organization orchestrating the shutdown strategy, is run by a cabal of evangelical and radical-right leaders. 

Oct 8, 2013 / Lee Fang

How Masters and Johnson Remade Love

How Masters and Johnson Remade Love How Masters and Johnson Remade Love

On the occasion of Showtime’s new miniseries, reflections on how the world changed when women learned to demand men give them orgasms.

Oct 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

Label Inflation in the NYC Mayoral Race

Label Inflation in the NYC Mayoral Race Label Inflation in the NYC Mayoral Race

De Blasio has now been called a progressive, a communist and a fiscal conservative.

Oct 7, 2013 / Leslie Savan

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