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A New Chicago Freedom Ride

A New Chicago Freedom Ride A New Chicago Freedom Ride

Past shuttered schools and glass-strewn vacant lots, the Chicago Teachers Union documents the likely toll of Rahm Emanuel's latest disastrous education plan.

Apr 5, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote

7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote 7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote

Seventy-five new voting restrictions have been introduced in 30 states in 2013. North Carolina is leading the way.

Apr 5, 2013 / Ari Berman

On Roger Ebert, 1942-2013

On Roger Ebert, 1942-2013 On Roger Ebert, 1942-2013

Ebert was a great popularizer of discussion about the arts, and we'd do well not to forget that.

Apr 5, 2013 / Michelle Dean

The ‘Undo-Everything’ Congress: What the Press Doesn’t See The ‘Undo-Everything’ Congress: What the Press Doesn’t See

The hard-right wing exerts an oversized influence on our gridlocked Congress, thanks in part to a Beltway media enamored of them.

Apr 5, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness

This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness

With sequestration, a bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.

Apr 5, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

I Shattered My Leg at the NCAA Tournament and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

I Shattered My Leg at the NCAA Tournament and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt I Shattered My Leg at the NCAA Tournament and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

Adidas and the NCAA now have a t-shirt to commemerate Kevin Ware's broken leg.

Apr 3, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Chuck Hagel’s Speech: Nice, But No Cigar

Chuck Hagel’s Speech: Nice, But No Cigar Chuck Hagel’s Speech: Nice, But No Cigar

Let's see some numbers, and some specifics, about promised reforms and reorganization.

Apr 3, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

One Million Comments Against Keystone XL One Million Comments Against Keystone XL

The Keystone tar sands pipeline will create just a handful of jobs, won’t improve US energy security, and just isn’t worth the potential cost to our health and our clim...

Apr 3, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

The Lack of Paid Sick Leave Is Unhealthy for America

The Lack of Paid Sick Leave Is Unhealthy for America The Lack of Paid Sick Leave Is Unhealthy for America

Being able to stay home sick keeps workers and children healthy and businesses profitable.

Apr 3, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Minutemen and the Mainstream Media

The Minutemen and the Mainstream Media The Minutemen and the Mainstream Media

A new book argues that the media failed to grasp the frightening extremism of the anti-immigrant border patrols of a few years ago—and wraps it in a thrilling true-crime tale...

Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

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