The Nation

In mythology, Cerberus is the three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades. How perfect a name for a company whose leaders have sold their souls.

When The New York Times first revealed the NSA was wiretapping Americans without a warrant in 2005, it was a scandal. But the government continues to spy with impunity—and what was once illegal has become the law.

The new labor campaign against the retail giant faces daunting odds, and the stakes are high: most of us live in the Walmart economy.

Bork was denied a seat on the Supreme Court because he was a right-wing zealot, not because of campaign of liberal lies.

In crafting laws after the horrifying killings in Connecticut, it’s crucial that we recognize our own collective trauma before we rush to act.

We have the ability to prevent another mass shooting. But do we have the will?

At long last, this may be the year Washington puts the brakes on Israeli settlement expansion into Palestinian lands.