Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, the New Dissidents? Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, the New Dissidents?
The United States is no Soviet Union—and yet it has set up machinery that satisfies certain tendencies that are in the genetic code of totalitarianism.
Sep 4, 2013 / Jonathan Schell
Protesting Activists’ Firings, Walmart Workers Plan the Biggest Mobilization Since Black Friday Protesting Activists’ Firings, Walmart Workers Plan the Biggest Mobilization Since Black Friday
The Thursday protests will hit fifteen cities.
Sep 3, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Radical Jewish Intellectual on Trial in Greece Radical Jewish Intellectual on Trial in Greece
Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn sues activist for libel.
Sep 2, 2013 / Maria Margaronis
The End of Stop-and-Frisk as We Know It The End of Stop-and-Frisk as We Know It
Mayor Bloomberg and Ray Kelly lost big: a federal court ruling and a new law ban the racial profiling that undergirds the discriminatory practice.
Aug 28, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Can Eric Holder Reverse the ‘Wheel of Misfortune’? Can Eric Holder Reverse the ‘Wheel of Misfortune’?
Obama’s attorney general promised a new approach to criminal justice—but prosecutors can still block meaningful change.
Aug 28, 2013 / Liliana Segura
Drawing the Line: Architects and Prisons Drawing the Line: Architects and Prisons
A call for architects to refuse to design chambers of living death.
Aug 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
How Will California’s Prison Hunger Strike End? How Will California’s Prison Hunger Strike End?
With Governor Jerry Brown taking a hardline position, strikers must turn to the courts, public opinion or the legislature.
Aug 27, 2013 / Tom Hayden
‘Will Spy on American Public For Food’ ‘Will Spy on American Public For Food’
How would the NSA and the surveillance state fare on “Parallel Earth”?
Aug 27, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
An Open Letter: How I Failed Chelsea Manning An Open Letter: How I Failed Chelsea Manning
In a statement released yesterday, Manning made it clear that she rooted her actions in the long struggle for racial justice—something many have overlooked in discussing her ...
Aug 22, 2013 / Aura Bogado
New York City Council Overrides Bloomberg’s Veto of the Community Safety Act New York City Council Overrides Bloomberg’s Veto of the Community Safety Act
The two bills of the act will create an inspector general position to monitor the NYPD and expand categories of New Yorkers protected against profiling.
Aug 22, 2013 / Francis Reynolds