New York City Council Overrides Bloomberg’s Veto of the Community Safety Act New York City Council Overrides Bloomberg’s Veto of the Community Safety Act
The two bills of the act will create an inspector general position to monitor the NYPD and expand categories of New Yorkers protected against profiling.
Aug 22, 2013 / Francis Reynolds
Reducing Racial Inequality in Our Justice System Reducing Racial Inequality in Our Justice System
President Obama should follow Attorney General Eric Holder’s lead and commute the sentences of low-level drug offenders.
Aug 22, 2013 / Rep. Steve Cohen (Dem., TN)
Fired Walmart Workers Arrested at Rally Announcing Labor Day Deadline Fired Walmart Workers Arrested at Rally Announcing Labor Day Deadline
Nine fired workers and one current one were arrested at the end of a rally at which they gave Walmart a deadline to raise wages and reinstate fired workers.
Aug 22, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
DOJ to Texas: Voter Suppression Will Not Stand DOJ to Texas: Voter Suppression Will Not Stand
The Department of Justice is right to challenge the state’s discriminatory voter ID law.
Aug 22, 2013 / Ari Berman
Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard
We’ll march for jobs as well we should, but where do I line up for the march for leisure?
Aug 22, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Keeping a Massive Trade Deal Out of the Fast Lane Keeping a Massive Trade Deal Out of the Fast Lane
The Obama administration is pushing to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership without congressional oversight.
Aug 22, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Chris Paul: A Union Chief They Can’t Knock Off Chris Paul: A Union Chief They Can’t Knock Off
The point guard’s on-court ability insulates him from being banished by league executives and team owners who like unions about as much as David Stern likes baggy jeans...
Aug 22, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Obama Should Resist Calls for War in Syria Obama Should Resist Calls for War in Syria
Whether gas was used or not, getting involved in Syria’s civil war is a bad idea.
Aug 22, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Paul Ryan’s Choice: Constituents or Koch Brothers? Paul Ryan’s Choice: Constituents or Koch Brothers?
As Ryan met secretly with the billionaire campaign donors, the largest city in his district called for getting corporate cash out of politics.
Aug 22, 2013 / John Nichols
On the Death of Democratic Higher Education On the Death of Democratic Higher Education
As opportunities for becoming a college professor retreat, teaching college becomes the province of a proleterariat—and of a class of “gentleman scholars.”
Aug 21, 2013 / Rick Perlstein