New Voter Suppression Efforts Prove the Voting Rights Act Is Still Needed New Voter Suppression Efforts Prove the Voting Rights Act Is Still Needed
Fifty-five new voting restrictions have been introduced in thirty states this year.
Mar 28, 2013 / Ari Berman
Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary
What, to a critic of marriage, makes the ceremony itself so tear-worthy?
Mar 28, 2013 / Laura Flanders
The Imperialist Anniversaries You Haven’t Heard About The Imperialist Anniversaries You Haven’t Heard About
Before the Iraq War, there was Guantánamo, the AUMF, My Lai and more. What you don’t know can hurt you.
Mar 28, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Wayne LaPierre Is Winning Wayne LaPierre Is Winning
Deride the NRA's spokesman all you want, but his group is close to gutting gun control legislation in Congress.
Mar 27, 2013 / The Editors
Rape—Still No Joke Rape—Still No Joke
Decades of work to change rape laws has done little to change culture.
Mar 27, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
Noted Noted
Aura Bogado on the police killing of Manuel Diaz, Hamilton Fish on Iraq veteran Tomas Young, Robert Dreyfuss on “Obama's General” versus drones, the editors on New York City’s stop...
Mar 27, 2013 / Various Contributors
The Dark Side of DNA Evidence The Dark Side of DNA Evidence
Collecting DNA upon arrest can identify the guilty and exonerate the innocent. But it also amounts to an expanding racial dragnet.
Mar 27, 2013 / Jason Silverstein
Republican Brawl Republican Brawl
First Palin said that Rove had spent a lot Of other people’s money, and had got For all of that a largely losing slate— Suggesting Rove’s gone past his sell-by date. So Rove, in search of subtle ways to hit her, Implied that she’d turned out to be a quitter. Then John McCain, with careful choice of words, Said Rand and Cruz behaved like “wacko birds.” O’Reilly said that Bachmann’s speech was trite. We can’t choose sides, since everyone is right.
Mar 27, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Passion and Eloquence of Anthony Lewis The Passion and Eloquence of Anthony Lewis
For more than three decades, he was perhaps the most prominent establishment voice for the antiwar, human rights and civil rights movements.
Mar 27, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
What Difference Will Same-Sex Marriage Make? What Difference Will Same-Sex Marriage Make?
Sooner or later, marriage equality will win. What happens to marriage then?
Mar 27, 2013 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry