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North Carolina Republicans Push Harsh New Voter ID Law

North Carolina Republicans Push Harsh New Voter ID Law North Carolina Republicans Push Harsh New Voter ID Law

As Congress debates the Voting Rights Act, North Carolina rushes to implement a new voter suppression law. 

Jul 18, 2013 / Ari Berman

Rep. John Lewis: ‘The Voting Rights Act Is Needed Now Like Never Before’

Rep. John Lewis: ‘The Voting Rights Act Is Needed Now Like Never Before’ Rep. John Lewis: ‘The Voting Rights Act Is Needed Now Like Never Before’

Congress held its first hearing on the Voting Rights Act today, as states rush to implement new voter suppression laws.

Jul 17, 2013 / Ari Berman

The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies

The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies

Why, to Beltway reporters, Glenn Greenwald is no Bob Woodward.

Jul 17, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman

Anti-immigrant protest

Fortress White America Fortress White America

Republicans long ago embraced a whites-only political strategy—and continue to reap its rewards in Southern states.

Jul 17, 2013 / Column / Richard Kim

Help Iraqis and Iraq Veterans Gain the Right to Heal

Help Iraqis and Iraq Veterans Gain the Right to Heal Help Iraqis and Iraq Veterans Gain the Right to Heal

Iraq Veterans Against the War and human rights organizations in both the US and Iraq are collecting signatures for a petition to pressure the Inter-American Commission on Human Rig...

Jul 16, 2013 / The Nation Video

Moscow’s Reaction to Snowden Revelations: Relocate Servers to Russia

Moscow’s Reaction to Snowden Revelations: Relocate Servers to Russia Moscow’s Reaction to Snowden Revelations: Relocate Servers to Russia

Russian lawmakers claim it would curb US access to Russian Internet data. But the real goal, critics say, would be to enable greater Russian surveillance over online activist activ...

Jul 16, 2013 / Alec Luhn

How to Be a Rogue Superpower

How to Be a Rogue Superpower How to Be a Rogue Superpower

A manual for the twenty-first century.

Jul 16, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

Patricia Williams: How Did Trayvon Martin Become the Defendant in the Zimmerman Case?

Patricia Williams: How Did Trayvon Martin Become the Defendant in the Zimmerman Case? Patricia Williams: How Did Trayvon Martin Become the Defendant in the Zimmerman Case?

This case was handled poorly from the second the police arrived at the scene of the murder.

Jul 15, 2013 / Press Room

Jumaane Williams: Voices for Trayvon Martin

Jumaane Williams: Voices for Trayvon Martin Jumaane Williams: Voices for Trayvon Martin

From Stand-Your-Ground to Stop-and-Frisk.

Jul 15, 2013 / The Nation Video

anti-immigration protest

Ugly Opposition to Immigration Reform Comes Back to Capitol Hill Ugly Opposition to Immigration Reform Comes Back to Capitol Hill

Why can’t reporters be clear about nativist opposition to immigration reform?

Jul 15, 2013 / George Zornick

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