The GOP Assault on the Voting Rights Act The GOP Assault on the Voting Rights Act
Texas is arguing it is unconstitutional; conservative scholars say it is outdated. Both are wrong.
Mar 21, 2012 / Ben Adler
The High Cost of Being a Woman The High Cost of Being a Woman
We pay more for the same products and services while making less money.
Mar 21, 2012 / Bryce Covert
An Economy We Want to Occupy An Economy We Want to Occupy
At a time when so many are so clear that the current system is not working—what might? Is it already happening?
Mar 21, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Crossword Puzzle Theme Park Crossword Puzzle Theme Park
Why some puzzles go beyond a collection of clues.
Mar 21, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Ryan Budget Creates Political Peril For GOP Candidates, Including Paul Ryan Ryan Budget Creates Political Peril For GOP Candidates, Including Paul Ryan
The House Budget Committee chair sees his budget provoking a referendum on “the fundamental nature of American democracy and the social contract”—or, perhaps, th...
Mar 21, 2012 / John Nichols
Will the Supreme Court Toss Life Without Parole for Juveniles? Will the Supreme Court Toss Life Without Parole for Juveniles?
Some justices hint they might limit mandatory sentences that send teenagers to die in prison.
Mar 21, 2012 / Liliana Segura
Jeremy Scahill: Obama Is the Only Person Keeping Abdulelah Haider Shaye in Prison Jeremy Scahill: Obama Is the Only Person Keeping Abdulelah Haider Shaye in Prison
Why is President Obama keeping a journalist imprisoned in Yemen?
Mar 20, 2012 / Press Room
Forty Years Later, We’re Still Fighting ‘Eisenstadt v. Baird’ Forty Years Later, We’re Still Fighting ‘Eisenstadt v. Baird’
Rush Limbaugh's anti-contraception tirade targeted a single woman. Would he have had done the same if Sandra Fluke had been married?
Mar 20, 2012 / Jonathan D. Moreno and Frances Kissling
The Ryan Budget: Who It Helps and Who It Hurts The Ryan Budget: Who It Helps and Who It Hurts
The House GOP budget is extremely generous to the wealthy and corporations—and the middle class is asked to pay the tab.
Mar 20, 2012 / George Zornick
90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like 90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like
The last days of winter and the first days of spring have seen hundreds of record-breaking high temperatures. Worry.
Mar 20, 2012 / Bill McKibben