Here’s what we’ve been paying attention to this week Did somebody say scandal?! Scandals! It was scandal week for the White House and the media, which is sort of like Shark Week — with all of the teeth and none [...]

Here’s what we’ve been paying attention to this week In case you missed it, the Air Force officer in charge of the sexual assault prevention unit — for the entire Air Force — was arrested for… wait for it… sexual [...]

The team at One More Soul, a non-profit organization dedicated to, “Spreading the truth about the blessings of children and the harms of contraception,” produced this enlightening “Roots of the Problem” poster for the benefit of people everywhere. Chances are [...]

Here’s what we’ve been paying attention to this week Lawyers of the prisoners at Guantánamo say that at least 100 of the 166 inmates are now on hunger strike, with a handful now required to be force-fed through tubes. While [...]

Here’s what we’ve been paying attention to this week   Marie Nelson uses a bold rhetorical device to take on the 2nd Amendment militants who have appropriated patriotism and rights-based language in their uncompromising mission to protect the weapons manufacturers. [...]

During a time of political transition for same-sex marriage and pervasive homophobia in athletics, French duo LOGO have made a strong statement in their latest track “Cardiocleptomania.” The clip was directed by Alice Moitié and Virgile Texier: “I feel like [...]

I am no longer a citizen of a government that condones gun violence, no matter how indirectly. The congressmen who voted against the assault weapons ban do not represent me. The Supreme Court that, in its misguided historicism, prohibited states [...]

Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female Prime Minister, died last Monday aged 87. During her time in power Thatcher divided Britain both politically and publicly. Now, in the wake of her death, the nation finds itself deeply polarized once again.  [...]

Here’s what we’ve been paying attention to this week “Days of Thatcher” by John Sturrock   As the debate over same-sex marriage moves forward in the U.S. and France, Stephanie Ott introduces us to tangible homophobic hate on a visceral [...]

Always one to keep it real, Jay-Z today released a new track calling out the broken and antiquated U.S. policy towards Cuba. In the cut, produced by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, Jay highlights the obvious, but all too often under [...]

What we’ve been paying attention to this week Goldman Sachs wants to give formerly incarcerated youth a fresh start–and profit off the program. Marie Nelson wonders if we are ready for the privatization and financialization of social work.   Bianca [...]

Detroit is a skeleton of a city evocative of a past prosperity, ringed by disproportionately affluent suburbs. While Detroit’s struggles began long before the turn of the century, the political and economic turmoil that has mired the city for the [...]

Detroit is a skeleton of a city evocative of a past prosperity, ringed by disproportionately affluent suburbs. While Detroit’s struggles began long before the turn of the century, the political and economic turmoil that has mired the city for the [...]

This week, Betsy Woodruff at the National Review published a new profile on Representative Steve Stockman (R-Texas). The journalist was with the Congressman on the day that the House took up the Violence Against Women Act, and Mr. Stockman did [...]

Max Rossi/Reuters Campaign posters in Rome provide a striking visual representation of Italy’s government — torn. Inconclusive elections this week, which left no party with a majority in parliament, leave the future of Italy uncertain and threaten to tip the [...]

This week, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the most sweeping piece of legislation to date aimed at tackling the climate crisis.  “The leading scientists in the world who study climate change now tell us that their projections in the past [...]

Alright, so: rich, old, white guys may be the forefathers of this country, but for the first time in history, the United States Congress is starting to reflect the population it represents. Besides bringing a whole binder of women to [...]

Rolling Jubilee—a new campaign by Strike Debt and Occupy Wall Street— buys debt for pennies on the dollar, and abolishes it on behalf of recipients. Instead of collecting the debt, Strike Debt abolishes it. Debtors are picked at random. Strike [...]

This week kicked off the COP 18 U.N. climate conference in Doha, Qatar — oh, you haven’t heard? There are a few reasons for that. Lack of media coverage has been due in part to the fact that the big [...]

5. Rush Limbaugh A perennial favorite for Turkey of the Year, or ass of the year, or cock of the year; Rush never seems to go away. He’s the factory farm-raised, hormone-infused butterball, whose over-sized breast meat keeps him from [...]

Aris Messinis/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A molotov cocktail is set ablaze amidst ongoing protests in Athens. Round after round of imposed austerity cuts continue to further threaten the social stability on the streets. The Greek economy has shrunk by a quarter [...]

About seven seconds after the President’s victory speech, pundits wondered aloud why Obama hadn’t given this same kind of soaring, agenda-driven speech at the DNC convention…, or last year, or at almost any time while governing. The question reveals something [...]

After letting it sink in over the last 24 hours or so, the idea that the presidential debate moderators and candidates themselves would over the course of four rounds of discourse fail to mention the words climate change or global [...]

After four debates, three presidential and one veep; 360 minutes of banter: not a single mention of global climate change. This marks the first time since 1984 that climate change and global warming have been left out of the presidential debates. [...]

Hip-hop has been a divided genre for quite some time, but in the last few years there’s been a general shift away from deeper subjects, in favor of materialistic lyrics with some witty catchphrases thrown in for good measure. The [...]

Barack Obama, the legendary speaker that captivated a nation fours years ago, is as it turns out, the second best orator in the family. Tonight, our First Lady killed it. Michelle Obama just gave perhaps the best speech that you [...]

Tonight, the Republican National Convention will welcome its now official nominee for President of the United States, Mitt Romney. After a delayed start due to Tropical Storm Isaac — and despite some unhappy Ron Paul supporters — the delegates have [...]

The three members of the group Pussy Riot, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have been found guilty by a Russian court for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred,” and sentenced to two years in prison.  The three women appeared outwardly [...]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today released new data showing that last month was the hottest July ever recorded, with temperatures in the contiguous United States coming in at 3.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average. The heat [...]

© РИА Новости. Владимир Астапкович. Source- digit.ru Mother of God, chase Putin out. It’s a phrase now widely-recognized; part of a “punk prayer” by Russian band Pussy Riot, whose name has been on the tip of everyone’s tongue recently—and not [...]

The London 2012 Olympic Games are upon us and to celebrate, British street art rapscallion, Banksy has blessed the English capital with two new pieces of slightly politically-charged art. The artist revealed the works on his website on Monday. One [...]

For those stateside, it’s been impossible this summer to ignore one sweaty fact-of-life: It’s hot. Brutally hot. It seems like we’re right back where we left off last summer — all 50 states saw record highs in July 2011 — [...]

Rakhine Buddhist monks pray for peace in Yangon, Myanmar. (Minzayar/Reuters) Sectarian violence has swept Rakhine state in northwestern Myanmar (Burma). The rape and murder of an ethnic Rakhine Buddhist woman have sparked clashes between Buddhists and those in the Muslim [...]

Who: Rebecca Berg Where: Born in San Diego, Lives in Washington, D.C. What she does: Political reporting fellow, The New York Times What’s on your mind today? My next articles. I won’t say any more than that, though, lest I scoop myself! [...]

One hundred and eight Syrians near the town of Houla have been murdered amidst a bloody crackdown on dissidents. President Bashar al-Assad continues to rebuke international condemnations of the atrocities carried out by his regime and of the legitimacy of [...]

A timely and strategic response to the challenges of global climate change is more that an environmental issue; it is a humanitarian crisis in-the-making that our institutional leaders have failed to seriously address. Three plus years into the Obama Administration, [...]

To have any kind of real understanding of the Arab Awakening, we must look to the role of women and challenge the word “revolution.” In the West, we tend to idolize the struggle for democracy, and rightly so, but that [...]

We’re all familiar with the ubiquitous screen print turned graphic design of Andre the Giant, the logo of Shepard Fairey and his brand Obey. How the icon became a staple of our pop culture catalog is somewhat less well-known. To [...]

It’s hard to avoid the headlines accusing Republicans of waging a ‘war on women.’ Questionable semantics aside, there are certainly a broad scope of policy decisions and initiatives that call into question the sincerity of the GOP’s commitment to supporting [...]

In recent years, the question of the corporation’s role in our democracy has been weighed by activists, pundits and politicians. Perhaps the ultimate arbiter of arguments over corporate personhood is the United States Supreme Court. The highest court in the [...]

Economic downturns have a way of bringing out the worst in people. In the face of employment uncertainties and changing demographics, it has become all too easy to scapegoat cultural groups foreign to one’s own. Illegal immigration into the United [...]

Some artists convey an unmistakable message that transcends language barriers. Reading between the lines, or listening between the sound waves, fans the world over just seem to get it. Ana Tijoux, a French Chilean hip hop artist uses her subtle [...]

The democratically-elected president of a tiny nation, who has had a giant voice in the climate change debate, has been forced to resign at gunpoint in a coup d’état. Mohamed Nasheed made his resignation under duress as president of the [...]

Plans to extend the Keystone XL pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands in Canada, to the Gulf Shores in the United States have officially been put on hold this afternoon. In a statement, President Obama said, “the Secretary of State [...]

2011 was a year of worldwide unrest. Traditional social structures that favor the interests of those with money and power are being called into question by the masses. These are the most striking moments of 2011. 5. Death of Bin [...]

Earlier this week, thousands of women took part in a march of historic proportions, taking to the streets of Cairo to demand women’s empowerment and decry the brutal attacks on female protesters. The women of Egypt have become increasingly vocal [...]

After years of corruption and cronyism from the oppressive regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian people have risen up as a part of the Arab Awakening only to face a brutal backlash. The United Nations’ official estimate of the death [...]

A so-called last minute deal at the COP17 Climate Talks in Durban, South Africa has led politicians and some media outlets to laud the cooperation of diplomats to come to an agreement to ultimately curb anthropogenic carbon emissions. Environmentalist are [...]

A recently released case study from Friends of the Earth International, the world’s leading grassroots environmental organization, has exposed energy giant Sasol as having done much to undermine the recent climate talks in South Africa. Established as a state-owned venture [...]

In an effort to protect the indigenous people of northern Kenya, a collective of artists and activists have turned to the unifying global medium that is music. Slumchella will be the stage to raise awareness protesting against the GIBE 3 [...]