Three Months of Occupy: A Movement in Photos

These pictures from around the country capture the rapid evolution of a grassroots uprising.

Fighting Sexual Assault, One Tweet at a Time

In 2011, activists harnessed the Internet to make visible everyday violence that too often goes unreported.

Curing the First Lady Syndrome

A new book on the Obamas' marriage just might bring Michelle out of her shell.

Farewell to Our Feminist-in-Chief

America's top diplomat and former First Lady rewrote the rules on what women can be in America.

Why Mitt Romney Doesn't Have a Prayer

The GOP frontrunner has a Mormon problem. But not the one that you think.

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Banana Republicans' Assault on Democracy

Taken together, this coordinated war on democracy leads to a frightening question: Why is it being waged?

The Lowlights of 2011's 'War on Women'

In Mississippi, anti-choice advocates introduced a "personhood amendment" that would give fertilized ova the status of "persons."

'Tis The Season of Fake Outrage

Facts, of course, are no deterrent to the fake outrage machine, because the machine's operators aren't really interested in preventing religious bigotry.

Commemorating Our Soon-to-Be Lost Vernacular

University of Southern California researchers predict that within five years, 'only four major daily newspapers will continue in print.'

Recognizing the 'Unpeople'

The strange breed of unpeople can be found everywhere, including the U.S.: in the prisons that are an international scandal, the food kitchens, the decaying slums.

The Susan B. Anthony List's Situational Feminism

There's what you say, and there's what you do. And then, there's what you say you do, which usually sounds much, much better than reality.

America's Real Occupiers

There really are "Two Americas," as the saying goes—and that's no accident.

A Case of Strategic Debasement

This episode is, first and foremost, about indiscipline—the conscious or subconscious rejection of restraint and self-control.

Our Selective Definition of Bigotry

Let's have an honest conversation about all forms of bigotry—not our current talking-points-driven screamfest that rightly criticizes one kind of prejudice but wrongly tolerates other forms.

The Economic Normalcy Bias

Despite persistent unemployment, flat wages and higher prices for necessities (food, health care, etc.), America nonetheless went on its usual post-Thanksgiving buying spree.

The Sunshine State's Shadowy Legacy

It's too painful to dwell on, perhaps, but we now live in a political culture created in large part by electoral fraud in Florida in 2000.

When it Comes to Education Technology, Trust but Verify

In lieu of empirical data, why are schools rushing into this brave new world of technology?

Anniversaries From 'Unhistory'

Important anniversaries are usually commemorated, with due solemnity when appropriate: Pearl Harbor, for example. Some are not, and we can learn a lot about ourselves by extricating them from unhistory.

The Gray Lady's Decline

The Times is the Bank of America of American journalism. She's too big to fail, but she's listing with a cracked hull in a cold sea.