How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants’ Lives at Risk How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants’ Lives at Risk
Many progressives have accepted increased border security as a necessary tradeoff for getting a bill passed. The terms of this compromise will be paid in blood.
Jun 13, 2013 / Catherine Gaffney and Kate Morgan-Olsen
John Nichols: Data Mining American Voters John Nichols: Data Mining American Voters
It's not just the government and corporations who are tracking your cell and computer use: politicians on the campaign trail are some of the biggest data snoopers around.
Jun 13, 2013 / Francis Reynolds
Why Are Massive National Security Breaches So Ridiculously Easy? Why Are Massive National Security Breaches So Ridiculously Easy?
Bradley Manning’s leak was as difficult as microwaving popcorn. What does this mean?
Jun 13, 2013 / Chase Madar
Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents
The unanimous decision is a victory for patients, women, scientists, doctors, researchers and human kind.
Jun 13, 2013 / Rose-Ellen Lessy
White America Is Here to Stay White America Is Here to Stay
There may be fewer white babies being born, but power still rests in the hands of this privileged racial category.
Jun 13, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
House GOP Revolt Against Immigration Reform Begins House GOP Revolt Against Immigration Reform Begins
Seventy House GOP members are poised to put John Boehner—and immigration reform—in an incredibly tough position.
Jun 13, 2013 / George Zornick
Limit Graduates’ Debt, Not Their Options Limit Graduates’ Debt, Not Their Options
For many students, college is synonymous with debt and financial stress—and it shouldn’t have to be.
Jun 13, 2013 / StudentNation / Alina Butareva and StudentNation
Glenn Greenwald’s ‘Epic Botch’? Glenn Greenwald’s ‘Epic Botch’?
According to tech experts, Glenn Greenwald has made a big mistake on a key component of his work on the NSA’s PRISM program.
Jun 13, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Inequality Enters the Mayor’s Race Inequality Enters the Mayor’s Race
One candidate’s push to move New York past the new “gilded age.”
Jun 13, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Student Debt Crisis Is Everyone’s Problem The Student Debt Crisis Is Everyone’s Problem
The issue of student debt is not just a young person’s problem—it’s everyone’s problem.
Jun 13, 2013 / StudentNation / Robert Applebaum and StudentNation