Mexico’s Undead Rise Up Mexico’s Undead Rise Up
With forty-three disappeared student teachers presumed dead, Mexican popular resistance is creating new alternatives to the militarized narco-state.
Nov 20, 2014 / Charlotte María Sáenz and Foreign Policy In Focus
GOP Senator Says Obama’s Immigration Speech Could Trigger Some Kind of White Ferguson GOP Senator Says Obama’s Immigration Speech Could Trigger Some Kind of White Ferguson
Retiring Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says Obama taking action on immigration could end in “violence” and “anarchy.”
Nov 20, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Hope and Fear Precede Obama’s Immigration Announcement Hope and Fear Precede Obama’s Immigration Announcement
Knowing that many will be left out, parents and children nervously await the executive orders the president will reveal Thursday evening.
Nov 20, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Why Is Jay Leno Flacking for the Gun Lobby? Why Is Jay Leno Flacking for the Gun Lobby?
Violence-prevention groups are urging the comedian to cancel an appearance at an upcoming industry trade show.
Nov 20, 2014 / Peter Dreier
After Fearmongering Kills the NSA Reform Bill, What’s Next? After Fearmongering Kills the NSA Reform Bill, What’s Next?
The Senate’s failure to bring even a narrow, watered-down reform to a final vote underscores that Congress is for the most part disinterested in exercising its constitutional duty ...
Nov 19, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
NSA Reform Is Blocked by Constitutionally Disinclined Senate Republicans NSA Reform Is Blocked by Constitutionally Disinclined Senate Republicans
Outgoing Colorado Senator Mark Udall promises to fight to the last day “to make sure we keep faith with our founding values.”
Nov 19, 2014 / John Nichols
The Moral and Political Case for Reforming the Criminal Justice System The Moral and Political Case for Reforming the Criminal Justice System
Criminal justice reform is one of those rare instances where moral decency, popular opinion and political incentives all align.
Nov 19, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Should We Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts? Should We Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts?
The Roberts Court's announcement that it will hear another legal challenge that threatens to disable and perhaps destroy the new healthcare system has the distinct odor of politica...
Nov 19, 2014 / William Greider
How a Strange, Secretive, Cult-like Company Is Waging Legal War Against Journalists How a Strange, Secretive, Cult-like Company Is Waging Legal War Against Journalists
The lawsuit filed by the NXIVM company against a Vanity Fair writer and a local reporter invokes the same computer hacking law used against Aaron Swartz.
Nov 18, 2014 / William D. Cohan
This Mass Grave Isn’t the Mass Grave You Have Been Looking For This Mass Grave Isn’t the Mass Grave You Have Been Looking For
Mass graves are being found everywhere in Mexico, but none of them contain the missing forty-three student-activists.
Nov 17, 2014 / Greg Grandin