The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature

Hanging Hate

Backlash against the Jena Six case sparks an epidemic of public nooses

David A Love

Comics

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Terry LaBan

Highly Terrified About Contraceptives…

Jarrett

Feature

The Military’s Stealth Test

School districts are beginning to keep the results of a dodgy student aptitude test out of the hands of military recruiters

Megan Tady

DoJ on prison stats

Adam Doster

Viewpoint

Third Time’s the Charm?

The military didn't even bother to retain most of the documents from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals conducted in 2004, so the government has no documents showing any reason for holding these men

H. Candace Gorman

Feature

The Democrats’ Path to Victory

The public demand for progressive politics is growing stronger

David Moberg

Feature

Supreme Court Inc.

The Roberts Court unravels a generation of progress

Stephen J. Fortunato Jr.

Jena Six update: Mychal Bell Plead Guilty

Erin Polgreen

Viewpoint

Primary Importance

For leaders of interest groups and social movements, power comes from being able to show elected officials that you know who, where, and how numerous these hell-or-high-water voters are within your ranks, and within their districts, at all times

Hans Johnson

Feature

China’s Valley of Tears

Is authoritarian capitalism the future?

Slavoj Žižek

Culture

Youth Gone Wild

Jared Cohen's book Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels among the Youth of the Middle East seeks to understand an area of the world where hatred for his country and religion run rampant

Brent White

Are You Smarter Than A Seventh Grader?

Jarrett

11-Month Old Rape Victim In Congo Dies

Jarrett

Writaz Wit Attitude

Brian Cook

Viewpoint

Anthropologists on the Front Lines

The Pentagon's new program to embed anthropologists with combat brigades raises many concerns

Lindsay Beyerstein

Feature

Dark Side of Russias Rainbow

Despite political, legal and religious pressures, Nikolai Alexeyev has worked to combat prejudice and secure legal and political protections for Russia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

Emily Udell

Cigarettes, Toxic Waste, Graveyard Shift

Erin Polgreen