Why Now Is the Time to Reform How We Elect the President

The power brokers of both parties are already busy trying to shut down debate and shut out alternatives for 2016.

The Editors

7 Questions for Tish James

New York City’s new public advocate on homeless children, the former mayor and her office’s shrunken budget.

Laura Flanders

Two High-Profile Lawsuits Are Challenging Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban

Could one of them be on the road to the Supreme Court?

Lizzy Ratner

Comix Nation

Matt Bors

Snapshot: The Dry Season

The nearly empty Almaden Reservoir near San Jose, California, on January 21. Governor Jerry Brown has declared a drought emergency in the state, two-thirds of which is suffering from “severe” or “exceptional” drought conditions, according to the US Drought Monitor. Read More

Robert Galbraith

What Ailes the Media?

A biography by Gabriel Sherman clarifies the Fox impresario’s role in his network’s deceptions.

Eric Alterman

Worlds, and Wombs, Collide in a Kansas Bill Criminalizing Surrogate Pregnancy Contracts

There is danger in turning surrogacy into a sexless crime.

Patricia J. Williams

Payback

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Superb cover… who are the oppressed?… Morrison & Melville… what privacy?… second that emotion… no cross words here…

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