Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (1/25/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (1/25/2013)
This week: the realities of sex work, Western interventionism and Canada is really cold.
Jan 25, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
This Is What Deportation Looks Like This Is What Deportation Looks Like
Edi Arma’s 11-year-old son describes the trauma of seeing his dad picked up by ICE agents.
Jan 25, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Demand Meaningful Gun Control Demand Meaningful Gun Control
Horrified by the shooting at Sandy Hook and frustrated by congressional inaction, the Nation Builders worked together to create a collective open letter imploring politicians to su...
Jan 25, 2013 / NationAction
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Two Years On, Nothing Much Has Changed in Egypt Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Two Years On, Nothing Much Has Changed in Egypt
Protesters again are demanding bread, freedom and social justice under new president Mohamed Morsi.
Jan 25, 2013 / Press Room
This Week in Poverty: Citizen Obama and the Anti-Poverty/Pro-Prosperity People This Week in Poverty: Citizen Obama and the Anti-Poverty/Pro-Prosperity People
President Obama laid out the right vision—what will the anti-poverty movement do to help get us there?
Jan 25, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Why Ending the Ban on Women in Combat Is Good for All Women Why Ending the Ban on Women in Combat Is Good for All Women
Putting women on the frontlines is about much more than military policy.
Jan 25, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
Workers Tell OSHA They Were Locked Inside Target Stores Overnight Workers Tell OSHA They Were Locked Inside Target Stores Overnight
Target doesn’t deny that its contractors lock all the doors on the graveyard shift.
Jan 25, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
There Was No Reason to Surrender on Filibuster Reform There Was No Reason to Surrender on Filibuster Reform
There’s a lot of unconvincing spin coming from the Senate Democrats who brokered an awful “filibuster reform” deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Thu...
Jan 24, 2013 / George Zornick
We Are Undocumented America: Fighting for Immigration Reform in 2013 We Are Undocumented America: Fighting for Immigration Reform in 2013
Against the backdrop of record deportations, undocumented activists outline what it would take to make immigration reform both comprehensive and meaningful.
Jan 24, 2013 / Joshua Davis
Guns vs. Butter Guns vs. Butter
Eric on Jazz at Lincoln Center and Reed on reining in defense spending.
Jan 24, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson