Congress Moves Toward Meaningful Reform of Domestic Surveillance Congress Moves Toward Meaningful Reform of Domestic Surveillance
Is Congress moving towards putting a real check on the executive branch’s spying power?
Jul 23, 2013 / George Zornick
Top US General Questions Syria War Top US General Questions Syria War
Chairman of Joint Chiefs, former Centcom commander urge caution.
Jul 23, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
From the Deep South to the Midwest, a Generation Demands Justice From the Deep South to the Midwest, a Generation Demands Justice
Across the country, students are occupying capitols and hitting the streets for racial justice—and generational ideals whose time has come.
Jul 23, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Chris Christie Says He’s Doing Jersey a Favor Just by Being Chris Christie Chris Christie Says He’s Doing Jersey a Favor Just by Being Chris Christie
The governor claims his national TV appearances aren’t about 2016 presidential politics. He’s just trying to improve his state's image.
Jul 23, 2013 / John Nichols
Undocumented Activists Take a Giant Risk to Return Home Undocumented Activists Take a Giant Risk to Return Home
The nine transnational activists are hoping for a humanitarian return to the United States and are now organizing detainees to halt deportations.
Jul 23, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Is This the Big Moment for Better Work/Family Balance Policies? Is This the Big Moment for Better Work/Family Balance Policies?
Politicians from President Obama to Republican leaders are introducing legislation aimed at fixing the challenge of balancing family and careers.
Jul 23, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Helen Thomas’s Legacy Helen Thomas’s Legacy
In praise of a reporter who understood that she needed to have access to power in order to question that power.
Jul 23, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Iraq Invades the United States Iraq Invades the United States
And other headlines from an upside-down history of the US military and the world.
Jul 23, 2013 / Eduardo Galeano
It’s So Not ‘Oz’: Netflix’s ‘Orange Is the New Black’ It’s So Not ‘Oz’: Netflix’s ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Orange Is the New Black appears to traffic in tired class and race stereotypes, but it also, episode by episode, tries to challenge some of those assumptions by filling in the wome...
Jul 23, 2013 / Salamishah Tillet
Introducing Zimmerman Drones Introducing Zimmerman Drones
Standing your ground has never been so easy.
Jul 23, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow