Yes, Arresting Subway Dancers Is Still a Way of Criminalizing Black Youth Yes, Arresting Subway Dancers Is Still a Way of Criminalizing Black Youth
However one feels about subway dancers’ high flying antics, we should be able to agree they shouldn’t be arrested.
Jul 8, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count
Humpty Dumpty hasn’t been put back together yet, thirteen years after the US invasion.
Jul 8, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
145 Nominees Still Can’t Do Their Jobs Because Republicans Won’t Do Theirs 145 Nominees Still Can’t Do Their Jobs Because Republicans Won’t Do Theirs
Senate Republicans have ground the body to a near-halt on nominations.
Jul 8, 2014 / George Zornick
If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners? If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners?
The US government has until Tuesday evening to explain to a federal judge why men held at Guantánamo do not have the same religious freedoms as Hobby Lobby.
Jul 8, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit
National Education Association calls out Obama’s education secretary for focusing on high-stakes testing. Democrats should take the criticism seriously.
Jul 8, 2014 / John Nichols
North Carolina’s ‘Monster’ Voting Law Challenged in Federal Court North Carolina’s ‘Monster’ Voting Law Challenged in Federal Court
The federal government and civil rights groups want the state's anti-voting law blocked before the 2014 midterms.
Jul 8, 2014 / Ari Berman
How the Obama Administration Is Keeping Big Coal Alive How the Obama Administration Is Keeping Big Coal Alive
While the Obama administration takes steps to discourage coal consumption at home, it’s tacitly promoting coal exports overseas.
Jul 7, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Dear Democrats: Economic Inequality Is Not an Act of God Dear Democrats: Economic Inequality Is Not an Act of God
Talking about opportunity alone fails to address the unfairness of the current system.
Jul 7, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most
The Hobby Lobby case is more clearly aimed at women, but Harris v. Quinn may prove even more consequential for the lives of working women.
Jul 7, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Haaretz, Commenting on Murder in Israel, Says Extremists Are ‘Vermin’ Haaretz, Commenting on Murder in Israel, Says Extremists Are ‘Vermin’
Tragedies compound, as Israel bombs Gaza again.
Jul 7, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss