New Sanctions on Iran Could Torpedo Negotiations New Sanctions on Iran Could Torpedo Negotiations
The bill now being pushed by the neocons and AIPAC could destroy the most promising developments in a decade.
Jan 15, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Time Is Running Out for Mayor Bill de Blasio to Halt the New York Public Library’s Disastrous Renovation Plan Time Is Running Out for Mayor Bill de Blasio to Halt the New York Public Library’s Disastrous Renovation Plan
In mid-December, the Main Library’s celebrated stacks were booked for demolition.
Jan 15, 2014 / Scott Sherman
Comix Nation Comix Nation
Jan 14, 2014 / Jen Sorensen
Snapshot: Cold Refuge in Israel Snapshot: Cold Refuge in Israel
Some 10,000 African migrants, largely from Sudan and Eritrea, protesting in Tel Aviv on January 5 against a new Israeli law that allows people without visas to be arrested and detained without charge
Jan 14, 2014 / Nir Elias
We Need Privacy Laws for the Digital Era We Need Privacy Laws for the Digital Era
Updating the Fourth Amendment has been done before, to address the invention of cars, phones and GPS. It’s time to do it again.
Jan 8, 2014 / David Cole
How Boilerplate Contracts Strip Our Rights How Boilerplate Contracts Strip Our Rights
Almost every day, corporations seize them without our informed consent. The consumer protection bureau should put a stop to it.
Jan 8, 2014 / Theresa Amato
Removing the Judge Who Ruled ‘Stop and Frisk’ Unconstitutional Is a Blow to Justice Removing the Judge Who Ruled ‘Stop and Frisk’ Unconstitutional Is a Blow to Justice
An appeals court's unprecedented removal of Shira Scheindlin has sent a chilling message to other federal judges.
Jan 8, 2014 / Dan Wise
This Modern World This Modern World
Jan 7, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Snapshot: A Roman Ruin, in Ice Snapshot: A Roman Ruin, in Ice
A worker gives the final touches to an ice replica of Rome’s Colosseum at the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China, January 4.
Jan 7, 2014 / Kim Kyung Hoon
Our Impoverished Poverty Debate Our Impoverished Poverty Debate
Fifty years after LBJ declared a War on Poverty, the United States ranks near the bottom in childhood poverty among all developed nations.
Dec 30, 2013 / The Editors