A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Month for Freedom of the Press A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Month for Freedom of the Press
Eric on The Boss; and Reed on the alarming assault on free press.
Aug 2, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (8/2/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (8/2/13)
This week: struggles to open abortion clinics in Kansas, critiques of Obama's rhetoric on the middle class, "Dreamers" trying to return to the country in which ...
Aug 2, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
#AskJessica: Why Don’t Feminists Care More About Anthony Weiner? #AskJessica: Why Don’t Feminists Care More About Anthony Weiner?
Because we have more important things to worry about.
Aug 2, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
This Week in Poverty: Chairman Ryan and the Real World This Week in Poverty: Chairman Ryan and the Real World
At his hearing on the War on Poverty, Paul Ryan demanded evidence about what works to fight poverty—and then promptly ignored it.
Aug 2, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
With One Prisoner Dead, Will California Listen to the Hunger Strikers? With One Prisoner Dead, Will California Listen to the Hunger Strikers?
The death of Billy “Guero” Sell will not be the last, warn advocates for prisoners refusing to eat or work.
Aug 2, 2013 / Victoria Law
Education Reform, Chicago-Style Education Reform, Chicago-Style
How the bullying of a hero-teacher shows shows up the pretentions of Chicago's school establishment.
Aug 2, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
When Cops Criminalize the Disabled When Cops Criminalize the Disabled
Ethan Saylor died because police responded with rapid and unnecessary force to his disability. I worry, not only for my son with Down Syndrome, but for all others who face similar ...
Aug 1, 2013 / David M. Perry
Harry Reid Expects the Senate Will Take Up Background Checks Before Midterms Harry Reid Expects the Senate Will Take Up Background Checks Before Midterms
As grassroots organizers mobilize across the country for stronger gun control, the Senate majority leader throws down a crucial marker.
Aug 1, 2013 / George Zornick
Invisible Women: The Consequences of Forgetting Sybrina Fulton Invisible Women: The Consequences of Forgetting Sybrina Fulton
We can no longer afford to leave black women’s experiences out of the narrative anti-black racism in the United States.
Aug 1, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Incomplete Wordplay Incomplete Wordplay
A helpful technique for dealing with long theme entries
Aug 1, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto