Philly Cop Stops Black Man, Tells Him ‘All You Do Is Weaken the F—ing Country’ Philly Cop Stops Black Man, Tells Him ‘All You Do Is Weaken the F—ing Country’
Even blatantly racist cops are still only operatives in a larger racist system.
Oct 18, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Lhota’s Mistake-Filled Attack Ad Depicts de Blasio as Soft on Crime Lhota’s Mistake-Filled Attack Ad Depicts de Blasio as Soft on Crime
Will the media start nodding along to Lhota's new, falsifiable script?
Oct 18, 2013 / Leslie Savan
This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way
The history of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers shows us just how much can be accomplished with savvy organizing at the grassroots and perseverance.
Oct 18, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
New DHS Nominee Spent Years Justifying War on Terror’s Excesses New DHS Nominee Spent Years Justifying War on Terror’s Excesses
The former Pentagon lawyer will be dealing with cybersnooping, immigration and border security.
Oct 18, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Israel Hater’s Handbook, Continued… The Israel Hater’s Handbook, Continued…
Alterman on Max Blumenthal's Goliath and Reed on how the media enables the govern-by-crisis mentality.
Oct 17, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Evangeline Lilly Explains How the Government Tracks You Evangeline Lilly Explains How the Government Tracks You
“The government has turned the Internet we love into something it was never intended to be: a tool for surveilling everyone.”
Oct 17, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
How Congress Just Stuck It to Monsanto How Congress Just Stuck It to Monsanto
Farmers, civil liberties and food safety advocates had worried that a funding resolution would extend the rider, which crippled oversight over GMOs.
Oct 17, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Chris Christie Gets What He Wanted: Very Little Democracy Chris Christie Gets What He Wanted: Very Little Democracy
The New Jersey governor gamed the election process to assure that few voters chose the state's new senator: Cory Booker.
Oct 17, 2013 / John Nichols
Nothing Ted Cruz Said About the ACA Today Is True Nothing Ted Cruz Said About the ACA Today Is True
Ted Cruz made defiant, historic remarks today outside the Senate chamber--but little of what he said was correct.
Oct 16, 2013 / George Zornick
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
The Maryville case is yet another example of why we need to educate people about rape.
Oct 16, 2013 / Jessica Valenti