#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
Students for Education Reform: The Rebellion Within Students for Education Reform: The Rebellion Within
A hopeful indication that the corporate narrative on education may finally be starting to unravel.
Aug 1, 2013 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation
Democratic Voters Say They Want a Revolution on Climate Policy Democratic Voters Say They Want a Revolution on Climate Policy
Do Democrats’ words matter, even if their climate policies are gutless? It depends on what the public says next.
Aug 1, 2013 / Madeline Ostrander