Say it Loud on Opening Day: Baseball Must Move the All-Star Game from Arizona Say it Loud on Opening Day: Baseball Must Move the All-Star Game from Arizona
If the off-season proved nothing else, it’s that Arizona's political culture has only grown more toxic. On Opening Day, activists will ask the question yet again to Major Lea...
Mar 7, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Is DOMA Dead? Is DOMA Dead?
Earlier this week, Eric Holder announced that the Obama administration will no longer defend DOMA. But the bigger news is that the Justice Department says that gays and lesbians de...
Feb 25, 2011 / E.J. Graff
Denver Prosecutors Drop Gang Conspiracy Charges Denver Prosecutors Drop Gang Conspiracy Charges
Amidst allegations that government attorneys withheld key information while applying for wiretap permissions from federal judges, federal prosecutors in Denver dropped gang conspir...
Feb 23, 2011 / Tom Hayden
Mayor to Judge: Drop Dead Mayor to Judge: Drop Dead
New York State Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane Goodman's rulings regularly raise hackles, but now Mayor Bloomberg is getting in on the act.
Feb 16, 2011 / Katha Pollitt
Ramona Steps Down Ramona Steps Down
Ramona Ripston, who is stepping down after forty years as the head of the ACLU of Southern California, transformed the meaning of civil liberties.
Feb 11, 2011 / Jon Wiener
A Reply to The Atlantic’s Wendy Kaminer A Reply to The Atlantic’s Wendy Kaminer
I don’t begrudge Wendy Kaminer her determination to defend Citizens United. But I do wish that she would come up with her own arguments for why she thinks the justices were...
Feb 10, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Army’s Mental Health Care Failed Bradley Manning Army’s Mental Health Care Failed Bradley Manning
The uprisings in Egypt have inspired all sorts of people, including Private Bradley Manning, the young man being held in solitary confinement in Quantico, accused of being the sour...
Feb 4, 2011 / Laura Flanders
The Comcast/NBC Merger Is a Citizens’ Issue The Comcast/NBC Merger Is a Citizens’ Issue
The Comcast/NBC Universal merger has wide implications for all citizens.
Jan 31, 2011 / Press Room
The Comcast/NBC Merger Is a Citizens’ Issue The Comcast/NBC Merger Is a Citizens’ Issue
The Comcast/NBCÂ Universal merger has wide implications for all citizens.
Jan 31, 2011 / Press Room
New York City to Disabled: Take a Hike New York City to Disabled: Take a Hike
The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission plans to approve even more inaccessible taxis.
Jan 21, 2011 / Jesse Lemisch