Middlebury to Consider Fossil Fuel Divestment Middlebury to Consider Fossil Fuel Divestment
In the wake of a high-profile student protest and amid a growing university movement to combat climate change, Middlebury College announced that it would initiate steps to address ...
Dec 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Bronwyn Oatley and Kelsey Collins
Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough
Our civil rights discourse must address the ways our institutions systemically oppress certain communities.
Dec 20, 2012 / Laura Flanders
The Etymological Taboo The Etymological Taboo
Some reflections on word genealogy
Dec 20, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Real Movement on Gun Control? Real Movement on Gun Control?
At the federal and state levels, some politicians are encouragingly willing to tackle gun control.
Dec 20, 2012 / George Zornick
Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012 Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012
Elections administrators gathered for a hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to unpack some of the shenanigans from last month.
Dec 20, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’ Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’
Two interviews have new resonance since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Dec 20, 2012 / Laura Flanders
George Zornick: Walmart Sells Deadly Assault Rifles, but Won’t Carry Explicit CDs George Zornick: Walmart Sells Deadly Assault Rifles, but Won’t Carry Explicit CDs
After the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, some companies are distancing themselves from guns.
Dec 20, 2012 / Press Room
Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown? Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown?
At long last, this may be the year Washington puts the brakes on Israeli settlement expansion into Palestinian lands.
Dec 20, 2012 / Ira Chernus
Glox News: ‘The Bottomless Pit of Arbitrary Accounting’ Glox News: ‘The Bottomless Pit of Arbitrary Accounting’
Will the Supreme Leader make concessions to the losing party?
Dec 20, 2012 / Tom Tomorrow
The Great Walmart Walkout The Great Walmart Walkout
The new labor campaign against the retail giant faces daunting odds, and the stakes are high: most of us live in the Walmart economy.
Dec 19, 2012 / Feature / Josh Eidelson