If States Opt Out of Medicaid Expansion, Over 4 Million Women Could Remain Uninsured If States Opt Out of Medicaid Expansion, Over 4 Million Women Could Remain Uninsured
Low-income women were expected to be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. Now that’s at risk.
Jul 17, 2012 / Bryce Covert
Boy Scouts Reaffirm Discrimination Against Gays Boy Scouts Reaffirm Discrimination Against Gays
Call for an end to blatant discrimination in an organization that has an enormous influence on the lives of many children.
Jul 17, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Why Won’t Congress Investigate the Sex Abuse Scandal at Lackland Air Force Base? Why Won’t Congress Investigate the Sex Abuse Scandal at Lackland Air Force Base?
Twelve of the base's instructors have been accused of sexual assault, with thirty-one female trainees identified as victims.
Jul 17, 2012 / Soumya Karlamangla
Occupy Hong Kong May Be in Its Last Days Occupy Hong Kong May Be in Its Last Days
Long after the Occupy camps at Zuccotti Park in Manhatttan and St. Paul's Cathedral and Finsbury Park in London were evicted or decamped, an encampment in an unlikely location stil...
Jul 17, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World
This is how not to solve an American crisis.
Jul 17, 2012 / Mattea Kramer
Whose Side Is the American Farm Bureau On? Whose Side Is the American Farm Bureau On?
The answer—Big Ag. Just ask the family farmers who dared to protest an industrial hog farm in Missouri.
Jul 16, 2012 / Ian T. Shearn
How Mitt Romney’s Father Would Have Left Bain Capital How Mitt Romney’s Father Would Have Left Bain Capital
George Romney’s record as a businessman and politician show just how different Mitt’s approach to public service really is.
Jul 16, 2012 / Lee Fang
When Rape Jokes Aren’t Funny When Rape Jokes Aren’t Funny
Rape jokes that expose the cruelty of the act can be funny. Tosh’s wasn’t.
Jul 16, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fighting Back in the Age of the Super PACs Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fighting Back in the Age of the Super PACs
In an election landscape where corporate power is virtually unchecked, some local governments are taking matters into their own hands.
Jul 16, 2012 / Press Room
Could the Radical Left Win in Greece? Could the Radical Left Win in Greece?
The once-marginal Syriza coalition could bring down the current weak government—but to attain power it must get more union support.
Jul 16, 2012 / Ari Paul