Honor Selma by Protecting Voting Rights Honor Selma by Protecting Voting Rights
A hundred members of Congress traveled to Selma this weekend. Will they support legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act?
Mar 9, 2015 / Ari Berman
Robert Reich Says Elizabeth Warren Should Challenge Hillary Clinton Robert Reich Says Elizabeth Warren Should Challenge Hillary Clinton
Former Bill Clinton cabinet member calls for “a tough primary challenger.”
Mar 6, 2015 / John Nichols
The University of Tennessee Is Being Lauded as a Higher-Ed Role Model—Just Not for Its Workers The University of Tennessee Is Being Lauded as a Higher-Ed Role Model—Just Not for Its Workers
The Tennessee governor’s budget will subsidize students’ college tuition with cuts to college workers’ benefits.
Mar 6, 2015 / Michelle Chen
DOJ Report Confirms Racism Is Alive and Well in Ferguson. Now What? DOJ Report Confirms Racism Is Alive and Well in Ferguson. Now What?
We need decriminalization, not just data.
Mar 6, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Court: Army Must Refer to Chelsea Manning as a Woman Court: Army Must Refer to Chelsea Manning as a Woman
The military is still now allowing Manning to grow her hair like a female prisoner.
Mar 5, 2015 / George Zornick
Sheryl Sandberg Wants Men to Lean In, but They Really Need to Lean Out Sheryl Sandberg Wants Men to Lean In, but They Really Need to Lean Out
Lean In Together tells men equality isn’t a zero-sum game. But it’s going to have to be.
Mar 5, 2015 / Bryce Covert
The Danger Lurking in a Possible Supreme Court Victory for Obamacare The Danger Lurking in a Possible Supreme Court Victory for Obamacare
There is a way President Cruz could still badly damage Obamacare all by himself, even if the Supreme Court upholds the law.
Mar 5, 2015 / George Zornick
This Is Where Union-Bashing and Union-Blaming Gets Ridiculous This Is Where Union-Bashing and Union-Blaming Gets Ridiculous
First Scott Walker, and now a struck corporation claims unions pose a threat to Little League baseball.
Mar 5, 2015 / John Nichols
Defeat: Major League Soccer Players Union Scores an Own Goal Defeat: Major League Soccer Players Union Scores an Own Goal
Players, fans and the long-term success of MLS lose in the new collective bargaining agreement. It didn’t have to end this way.
Mar 5, 2015 / Dave Zirin
50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack 50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack
The right to vote is under the greatest threat since the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Mar 5, 2015 / Ari Berman