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No Justice for College Rape Victims

No Justice for College Rape Victims No Justice for College Rape Victims

New allegations at UNC remind us how bad our campus rape problem really is.

Jan 18, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

Lance Armstrong Wilts in Oprah’s Glare

Lance Armstrong Wilts in Oprah’s Glare Lance Armstrong Wilts in Oprah’s Glare

In fessing up to performance enhancing drug use, the cycling icon failed on form and content.

Jan 18, 2013 / Dave Zirin

This Week in Poverty: An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013?

This Week in Poverty: An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013? This Week in Poverty: An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013?

An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013 might help grow the movement.

Jan 18, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

The Case of Aaron Swartz

The Case of Aaron Swartz The Case of Aaron Swartz

The prosecution of Aaron Swartz was about more than “hacking,” and we need to remember that.

Jan 18, 2013 / Michelle Dean

Queer Abby

Queer Abby Queer Abby

In a nation where it’s easy to despair of suffusing reaction all around us, some had the guts to tell the heartland to be free.

Jan 18, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Inside the Grand Bargain Basement

Inside the Grand Bargain Basement Inside the Grand Bargain Basement

Eric on the New York Winter Jazz Festival and Reed on pundits chasing grand bargains.

Jan 17, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

If at First You Don’t Secede… If at First You Don’t Secede…

…try, try again for internal secession by moving to a right-wing utopia. 

Jan 17, 2013 / Leslie Savan

The Military-Industrial Complex

The Military-Industrial Complex The Military-Industrial Complex

Fifty-two years ago today, President Eisenhower used his farewell speech to the nation to warn the country against the rise of what he called the Military-Industrial Complex.

Jan 17, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

Walmart Cuts Off ‘Brief Courtship’ With Warehouse Worker Group

Walmart Cuts Off ‘Brief Courtship’ With Warehouse Worker Group Walmart Cuts Off ‘Brief Courtship’ With Warehouse Worker Group

After an initial meeting, Walmart has told a union-backed warehouse workers group it decided to break it off.

Jan 17, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

Congressional Progressives: Abolish the Debt Ceiling

Congressional Progressives: Abolish the Debt Ceiling Congressional Progressives: Abolish the Debt Ceiling

Some members want to end this standoff over the debt ceiling—and all others. 

Jan 17, 2013 / George Zornick

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