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The Internet As We Know It Is In Peril. The FCC Can (And Must) Save It

The Internet As We Know It Is In Peril. The FCC Can (And Must) Save It The Internet As We Know It Is In Peril. The FCC Can (And Must) Save It

A court has struck down net neutrality protections. But the commission has the authority to undo the damage.

Jan 14, 2014 / John Nichols

Let Them Drink Coke: The Media’s Indifference to the West Virginia Chemical Spill

Let Them Drink Coke: The Media’s Indifference to the West Virginia Chemical Spill Let Them Drink Coke: The Media’s Indifference to the West Virginia Chemical Spill

Are the mainstream media's class biases affecting their editorial decision-making?

Jan 14, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Should Facebook Pay Its Users?

Should Facebook Pay Its Users? Should Facebook Pay Its Users?

A new movement known as Wages for Facebook says yes. 

Jan 14, 2014 / Jessica Weisberg

Blown Away by ‘Grounded’: Drone Warfare Up Close and Personal

Blown Away by ‘Grounded’: Drone Warfare Up Close and Personal Blown Away by ‘Grounded’: Drone Warfare Up Close and Personal

A new play by George Brant brings home the human costs of America’s remote killing machine.

Jan 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Bob Dreyfuss

Two Cops Found Not Guilty in the Fatal Beating of a Schizophrenic, Homeless Man

Two Cops Found Not Guilty in the Fatal Beating of a Schizophrenic, Homeless Man Two Cops Found Not Guilty in the Fatal Beating of a Schizophrenic, Homeless Man

Surveillance footage of Kelly Thomas’s death in 2011 sparked national outcry.

Jan 14, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

De Blasio’s Plan to Tax the Rich: Not ‘Dead on Arrival’ After All

De Blasio’s Plan to Tax the Rich: Not ‘Dead on Arrival’ After All De Blasio’s Plan to Tax the Rich: Not ‘Dead on Arrival’ After All

Here it is fourteen days into the Bill de Blasio mayoralty, and we’re still talking about a tax plan that was supposedly “dead on arrival” even before the Democra...

Jan 14, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy

The Unexamined Privilege of David Brooks

The Unexamined Privilege of David Brooks The Unexamined Privilege of David Brooks

The New York Times columnist fails to understand how the war on drugs disproportionately affects minorities and the poor. 

Jan 14, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma

What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma

Putting a harder cap on overtime would create more jobs and give exhausted workers more time to take care of their home lives. 

Jan 14, 2014 / Bryce Covert

George Miller: The Congressman Who Refused to Accept Inequality

George Miller: The Congressman Who Refused to Accept Inequality George Miller: The Congressman Who Refused to Accept Inequality

California Democrat who is retiring after forty years has been as steadfast as Ted Kennedy on fighting for a just society.

Jan 13, 2014 / John Nichols

Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today

Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today

The transgender woman and activist served nineteen months of a forty-one-month sentence.

Jan 13, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

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