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Poorest Countries Hit Hardest by Climate Change Poorest Countries Hit Hardest by Climate Change

One of the terrible ironies of the climate change crisis is that the nations that have contributed the least to the problem are the ones now working hardest to prevent consequent d...

Feb 6, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

The Heroes of Super Bowl Sunday The Heroes of Super Bowl Sunday

My Super Bowl heroes were outside, not inside, the stadium.

Feb 6, 2012 / Dave Zirin

The United States Should Stay Out of Syria

The United States Should Stay Out of Syria The United States Should Stay Out of Syria

Backing one side in a Syrian civil war? Not a good idea.

Feb 6, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Real Change Must Come From Real People Katrina vanden Heuvel: Real Change Must Come From Real People

The Occupy movement has called for the dismantling and rebuiliding of a corrupt system. What elements are necessary to effect such change?

Feb 6, 2012 / Press Room

Lyric Nation: Three Poems by Osip Mandelstam Lyric Nation: Three Poems by Osip Mandelstam

"Black Candle," "Leningrad," "And I Was Alive"

Feb 6, 2012 / Christian Wiman

Two Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, Women Are Still Shattered by Sexual Exploitation Two Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, Women Are Still Shattered by Sexual Exploitation

A crisis of gender-based violence is festering--and foreign aid efforts are still failing to protect women from harm.

Feb 6, 2012 / Michelle Chen

Freshman Pens Petition To Rid NYU Of Homophobic Chick-fil-A

Freshman Pens Petition To Rid NYU Of Homophobic Chick-fil-A Freshman Pens Petition To Rid NYU Of Homophobic Chick-fil-A

A student felt compelled to take action because she saw a vast disconnect between the ideals of NYU and Chick-fil-A.

Feb 6, 2012 / StudentNation / Ashley D’Arcy

What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations

What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations

More than a quarter of African-Americans live in poverty. During Black History Month, we should speak truthfully about the economic legacy that drives this inequality.

Feb 6, 2012 / Sean Thomas-Breitfeld

Kicking Down the World’s Door Kicking Down the World’s Door

How drones, special operations forces and the US Navy plan to end national sovereignty as we know it.

Feb 6, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt

Chrysler Super Bowl Ad Edits Out Wisconsin Union Signs

Chrysler Super Bowl Ad Edits Out Wisconsin Union Signs Chrysler Super Bowl Ad Edits Out Wisconsin Union Signs

Clint Eastwood talked up American workers in a moving Super Bowl ad, but images from Madison protests were altered to leave out teachers' union signs.

Feb 6, 2012 / John Nichols

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