Is the War on ISIS Illegal? Is the War on ISIS Illegal?
The Obama administration’s legal justification for expanding military action in Iraq and Syria is hypocritical and based on tenuous logic.
Sep 11, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Of Optics and Objectivity: How Journalism Is Failing Our Democracy Of Optics and Objectivity: How Journalism Is Failing Our Democracy
Eric on "The Beatles in Mono" and Reed on how the emphasis on optics skews our democratic priorities.
Sep 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Obama’s Plan for Military Action Requires Congressional Checks and Balances Obama’s Plan for Military Action Requires Congressional Checks and Balances
Congress has a constitutional duty to debate and vote on Obama’s plan to expand the US role in Iraq and Syria.
Sep 11, 2014 / John Nichols
‘Erase the Tapes!’: The Beginning of the End for Roger Goodell ‘Erase the Tapes!’: The Beginning of the End for Roger Goodell
Has Roger Goodell been lying about whether or not anyone in his office had access to the elevator videotape of Ray Rice's assault of Janay Rice? A bombshell report by the AP ma...
Sep 10, 2014 / Dave Zirin
In Covering Obama’s ISIS Speech, Can the Media Move Beyond ‘Optics’? In Covering Obama’s ISIS Speech, Can the Media Move Beyond ‘Optics’?
Does it matter what necktie you wear when you declare war?
Sep 10, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Beyond Janay Rice: Lessons From a State Where Domestic Violence Runs Rampant Beyond Janay Rice: Lessons From a State Where Domestic Violence Runs Rampant
An in-depth look at a South Carolina report on domestic violence is at the center of a national conversation.
Sep 10, 2014 / Dani McClain
With the Wages That Have Been Stolen From Them, Apple Factory Workers Could Buy 1,460 iPhone 6s a Month With the Wages That Have Been Stolen From Them, Apple Factory Workers Could Buy 1,460 iPhone 6s a Month
While the tech world fawns over the new iPhone 6, labor abuses abound at an Apple factory in China.
Sep 10, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Hundreds of Voters Are Disenfranchised by North Carolina’s New Voting Restrictions Hundreds of Voters Are Disenfranchised by North Carolina’s New Voting Restrictions
More than 450 voters did not have their ballots counted in the state’s May primary as a result of the country’s harshest voting law.
Sep 10, 2014 / Ari Berman
As Obama Prepares His Iraq Talk, Massachusetts Democrats Nominate an Antiwar Vet for Congress As Obama Prepares His Iraq Talk, Massachusetts Democrats Nominate an Antiwar Vet for Congress
Candidate Seth Moulton is in “the long tradition of men and women who served and then used their public positions to speak out against war…”
Sep 10, 2014 / John Nichols
Betrayed by Obama, Latino Activists Debate Boycotting the 2014 Midterms Betrayed by Obama, Latino Activists Debate Boycotting the 2014 Midterms
Authorities will continue to deport as many as 60,000 immigrants between now and the November elections.
Sep 10, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter