The Ugly Truth About Your Shrimp Cocktail The Ugly Truth About Your Shrimp Cocktail
Reports of enslavement and forced labor in Thailand’s $7.3 billion fishing-export industry reveal a clear link between illegal fishing, environmental degradation and human ri...
Jun 27, 2014 / Michelle Chen
What the SCOTUS Decision Ending Obama’s Recess Appointment Power Means What the SCOTUS Decision Ending Obama’s Recess Appointment Power Means
The Supreme Court decided Thursday to end President Obama’s ability to make recess appointments.
Jun 26, 2014 / George Zornick
Supreme Court Strikes Down Law That Keeps Anti-Choice Protesters 35 Feet Away From Abortion Clinics Supreme Court Strikes Down Law That Keeps Anti-Choice Protesters 35 Feet Away From Abortion Clinics
Massachusetts’s 35-foot buffer between health clinic patients and anti-abortion advocates has been ruled unconstitutional.
Jun 26, 2014 / Dani McClain
Putin’s Ukraine Policy Backfires Putin’s Ukraine Policy Backfires
Whatever Russia may have wanted to accomplish in Ukraine since last November, it has accomplished the opposite.
Jun 26, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Despite SCOTUS Ban, 15 States Still Have Not Passed Laws Ending Mandatory Life Without Parole for Juveniles Despite SCOTUS Ban, 15 States Still Have Not Passed Laws Ending Mandatory Life Without Parole for Juveniles
Two years after the Supreme Court ruled the practice unconstitutional, many states are still able to send children to die in prison without recourse.
Jun 25, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
How Connecticut’s Smart New Pension Plan Can Prevent Poverty in Retirement How Connecticut’s Smart New Pension Plan Can Prevent Poverty in Retirement
Connecticut just passed a law to begin creating a public retirement system for private-sector workers.
Jun 25, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Where Are the GOP Supporters of Voting Rights? Where Are the GOP Supporters of Voting Rights?
One year after the Supreme Court gutted the VRA, few Republicans have signed on to a legislative solution.
Jun 25, 2014 / Ari Berman
What Democrats Can Learn From Thad Cochran: Turnout, Turnout, Turnout! What Democrats Can Learn From Thad Cochran: Turnout, Turnout, Turnout!
An embattled senator focused on increasing participation—especially by voters worried about austerity cuts—and won.
Jun 25, 2014 / John Nichols
Syria Joins War in Iraq on US Side, Even as US Battles Syrian Government in Syria Syria Joins War in Iraq on US Side, Even as US Battles Syrian Government in Syria
The Iraq-Syria civil clearly befuddles Washington—but not Tehran.
Jun 25, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Supreme Court Issues a Forceful Ruling for Privacy in the Digital Age Supreme Court Issues a Forceful Ruling for Privacy in the Digital Age
The Court went to surprising lengths to affirm the idea that technological change demands a reconsideration of legal precedent—an assertion that could have significant implications...
Jun 25, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter