Obama’s Media Shield Kabuki Obama’s Media Shield Kabuki
Coming on the heels of the DOJ's seizure of AP records, proposed legislation to keep reporters from being forced to reveal their sources seems would actually roll back protecti...
May 16, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Cashing In On Breast Cancer Awareness Cashing In On Breast Cancer Awareness
In the wake of Angelina Jolie’s well-intentioned exhortation for “every woman” to explore their risk of breast cancer, one company stands to make a staggering profit.
May 16, 2013 / Rose-Ellen Lessy
Green Mountain College to Divest From Fossil Fuels Green Mountain College to Divest From Fossil Fuels
Green Mountain is the fifth college in the nation and the second in Vermont to commit to fossil fuel divestment.
May 16, 2013 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg and StudentNation
Congress Is Ready to Fight Over Deep Food Stamp Cuts Congress Is Ready to Fight Over Deep Food Stamp Cuts
The GOP proposes steep reductions to the federal food stamp program—and that might blow up the entire farm bill.
May 16, 2013 / George Zornick
A ‘New Era’ of Labor Creativity and Defiance? A ‘New Era’ of Labor Creativity and Defiance?
The name of one Chicago business-turned-cooperative reflects burgeoning possibilities for the American labor movement.
May 16, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Let’s Call Racist School Closings What They Are: Racist Let’s Call Racist School Closings What They Are: Racist
Avoiding calling racism for what it is only prolongs the problem.
May 16, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Coming and Going Coming and Going
A man, a plan, a canal: palindrome!
May 16, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
It Shouldn’t Be Left Up to Corporations to Decide on a Safety Plan in Bangladesh It Shouldn’t Be Left Up to Corporations to Decide on a Safety Plan in Bangladesh
For fashion brands, participation in the Bangladesh fire and safety plan is voluntarily. It shouldn’t be.
May 16, 2013 / Elizabeth Cline
Don’t Get Sucked Into Obama Scandal–mania Don’t Get Sucked Into Obama Scandal–mania
Seven Days in May: Each scandal on its own might have fizzled; together, their fumes are intoxicating liberals, too.
May 16, 2013 / Leslie Savan
The New Pay-As-You-Go Landscape of American ‘Democracy’ The New Pay-As-You-Go Landscape of American ‘Democracy’
In this banana republic, billionaires don't need to go to the Cayman Islands to park their savings.
May 16, 2013 / Andy Kroll