Congress Speaks on Voting Rights—and Mississippi Hollers Back Congress Speaks on Voting Rights—and Mississippi Hollers Back
The intersection between what Congressional Democrats and state Republicans are attempting around voting shows a tragic collision in which democracy, citizens of color and many liv...
May 18, 2012 / Brentin Mock
The Fake Violence Against Women Act The Fake Violence Against Women Act
House Republicans want to legislate a hierarchy of victimhood.
May 17, 2012 / Salamishah Tillet
Preying on the Poor Preying on the Poor
How government and corporations use the poor as piggy banks.
May 17, 2012 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Anti-Intellectualism From Arizona to Michigan Anti-Intellectualism From Arizona to Michigan
From the ethnic studies ban to firings over Travyon Martin, a strange hostility toward progressive education is emerging.
May 16, 2012 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Criminalization of Rape Victims The Criminalization of Rape Victims
There’s a growing trend of criminalizing rape survivors in order to guarantee their testimonies at trial.
May 15, 2012 / Salamishah Tillet
It’s Time to Break Up the Big Banks It’s Time to Break Up the Big Banks
When will Congress and the White House wake up to the fact that big banks are still playing with bombs?
May 15, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will Oregon Dems Reject Drug War Politics? Will Oregon Dems Reject Drug War Politics?
A primary today in Oregon pits a candidate who will make pot prosecutions a low priority versus another who wants to crack down on medical marijuana. And then there's the case of t...
May 15, 2012 / John Nichols
What If Straight People Boycotted Marriage? What If Straight People Boycotted Marriage?
What if heterosexual couples voluntarily refused the benefits of marriage that are denied to most of our gay and lesbian friends and family?
May 14, 2012 / Salamishah Tillet
How Mandatory Sentencing Laws Are Sending Juveniles to Prison for Life How Mandatory Sentencing Laws Are Sending Juveniles to Prison for Life
Why is a first-world country imprisoning its children for life?
May 10, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Throwaway People: Teens Sent to Die in Prison Will Get a Second Chance Throwaway People: Teens Sent to Die in Prison Will Get a Second Chance
Trina Garnett accidentally set a fatal fire when she was 14. That was in 1976. Could today’s Supreme Court ruling against juvenile life without parole finally bring her home?
May 9, 2012 / Feature / Liliana Segura