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Eugenics Behind Bars

Nearly four decades after the practice was outlawed, people in California women's prisons have still been sterilized without their consent.

Loretta Ross

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Nigerian Philosopher Calls for Culture Shift

The debate among sub-Saharan intellectuals about modernity and traditionalism.

G. Pascal Zachary

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Why Brazil’s World Cup Protesters Are So Furious

Four devastating effects of La Copa that will be felt long after the games.

Dave Zirin

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Orange is The New Black, Season 2, Episode 1: It’s All About Piper

If you are not a fan of cockroaches or Piper, you are out of luck.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Rank-and-File Environmentalism

Why workers are crucial to halting the assault on the planet.

Trish Kahle

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The Problem with Philanthropy

The occasional $120 million check doesn't offset tech billionaires' erosion of the public sector.

David Sirota

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Monkey Wrenching the Frackers

Radical environmentalists prepare to fight gas export terminal through direct action.

Cole Stangler

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Message to ‘Moral Mondays’ Protesters: Be Silent—Or Else

North Carolina residents are being denied First Amendment rights.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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The Reign of Whitey Is Never Over

Orange Is the New Black's second season still falls flat on class and race.

Yasmin Nair

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Orange Is the New Black Makes Other TV Look Quaint

The show is the first to take women this seriously.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Just Whose National Security?

The government's idea of protection seems awfully self-serving.

Noam Chomsky

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Mind the Gap, Inc.

Online organizers use a creative hoax to remind the corporation—and its customers—just who's suffering to produce its products.

Isabelle Nastasia

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Americans Pay the Price for Private Equity Firms’ Sins

When private equity firms illegally game the system, plutocrats aren't the only ones who suffer.

David Sirota

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UN Blast of U.S. Human Rights Record Goes Mostly Unnoticed

U.S. media outlets have largely ignored a UN report noting America's human rights violations.

Ana Martinez

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Italy’s Forgotten Refugees

The country's structural support systems are quaking under the sheer volume of immigrants seeking asylum.

Giorgio Ghiglione

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The U.S. Chamber of Secrets

Who's funding the Chamber of Commerce and its attacks on workers' rights groups? No one knows.

Mariya Strauss

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Should We Fight the System or Be the Change?

The strengths and weaknesses of prefigurative politics.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

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Amara and Goliath

It's official: Rahm Emanuel has a challenger.

Kari Lydersen

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Just How Big Are CEOs’ Packages?

For the first time, corporations must calculate the difference between CEO pay and median worker pay.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Will Cuomo Keep His Promises?

The Working Families Party went out on a limb when it endorsed the conservative Democrat.

Sarah Jaffe

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Yes, It’s Okay To Have a Metaphorical Rape in a Disney Movie

The problem with Maleficent isn't the dark themes.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Big Cable’s Almighty Dollar

Will Comcast's and Time Warner Cable's money outpace public objection to their potential merger? Stay tuned.

David Sirota

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Elliot Rodger Wasn’t Just a Murderer

The California gunman's actions weren't an aberration; they were the product of a misogynistic and racist society.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Eviction by ‘Rent-a-Cop’

An Illinois bill could 'privatize' evictions and pave the way for Wall Street abuses.

Rebecca Burns