Opinion
Mining Your Life for Their Profit
A behind-the-screens look at how Internet giants sell your personal information.
Susan J. Douglas
The Biggest Threat to the Black Vote
The best way to defend African-American voting rights is to end the War on Drugs.
James Thindwa
What a Tangled (World Wide) Web
Have our youth lost the gift of boredom?
Jane Miller
Don’t Hate the Player
In defense of Alex Rodriguez.
Bhaskar Sunkara
Compounders Slip Through Deadly FDA Loophole
A Big-Pharma-funded Congress has tied regulators' hands. The result? Lethal drugs.
Terry J. Allen
Chicago Teachers Lead the Way
The CTU plans to change the political landscape in Chicago.
Joel Bleifuss
Girls Don’t Just Want to Have Fun
As state legislatures attack women's reproductive rights, the media focus elsewhere.
Susan J. Douglas
Vanilla Vice
Vice's new HBO show is a brilliant addition to its empire—and a mediocre addition to journalism.
Bhaskar Sunkara
Which Box Would Zimmerman Check?
How Trayvon Martin's killing challenged our assumptions about Latinos.
Achy Obejas
Robbing Peter to Pay DePaul
As Rahm Emanuel decimates public schools, he's gifting a private college $55 million in public funds.
Achy Obejas
Welcome Back, Jim Crow
With a helping hand from the Supreme Court, the GOP can cling to power by disenfranchising voters.
Joel Bleifuss
Starving for Justice at Gitmo
Is force-feeding a form of torture?
Terry J. Allen
GOP: Masters of Media
As the GOP slashes the social safety net, the party seizes on 'scandals' to distract the public.
Susan J. Douglas
Our Iron Curtain
The 'border security' provisions of the new immigration bill solve a problem that isn't.
Achy Obejas
Obama’s SEC Cop-Out
The new chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission is fresh off Wall Street.
Joel Bleifuss
The Problem Is Capitalism
Only radical reforms will solve neoliberalism's crisis of democracy.
Joseph M. Schwartz and Maria Svart
Revoking Amnesty for Death Squads
El Salvador finally confronts the ghosts of its past.
Angelina Godoy
The Right to Call In Sick
Portland joins a growing number of cities adopting paid sick leave ordinances.
Ellen Bravo
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