Interview

Producer Alex Kotlowitz and Producer/Director Steve James. (Courtesy of Kartemquin Films) It might be shocking to learn that a US Department of Justice report that surveyed homicide …

Adam Hochschild is a National Book Award-nominated author and co-founder of Mother Jones. His work has brought alive the plight of history's victims, from the Belgian Congo to Stalin's …

Author Michelle Alexander details 21st Century Jim Crow in her book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness." (Image: The New Press) …

House Speaker John Boehner, right, looks on as House Majority leader Eric Cantor speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2011. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / …

Republicans have agreed to a vote today on a budget plan they say will cut the deficit $917 billion over 10 years. The move sets the stage for a …

Protesters from the February 20 Movement take to the streets in Morocco. (Photo: Magharebia) Since February 20th of this year, protests calling for democracy, dignity and an …

On May 25, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed off on a new law, Assembly Bill 7, that requires Wisconsin voters to show photo identification at the polls. Critics of …

(Image: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Last month, author Paul Theroux published his latest book "The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road." Over the course of …

Filmmaker Marshall Curry. (Photo: Bill Gallagher) When John Muir formed the Sierra Club in 1892 and fought to pass the National Parks Bill in 1899, it is …

Federal police officers check the blood stains on the sidewalk where two people were shot dead with high-powered weapons in Guadalupe, Mexico, Jan. 6, 2010. Erika Gandara, 28, was …