Adam Serwer

Adam Serwer

Adam Serwer is a former reporter at Mother Jones. Prior to working at Mother Jones, he was a staff writer at the American Prospect. Adam has written for the Washington Post, the Root, the Village Voice, and the New York Daily News. 

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Obama's DREAM Act Game-Changer
Fri Jun. 15, 2012 8:13 AM PDT

Did the Supreme Court Just Gut Habeas Rights?
Mon Jun. 11, 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Book: Obama Wasn't Always So Into Drone Strikes
Fri Jun. 8, 2012 9:25 AM PDT

Obama's Empty Federal Bench
Tue Jun. 5, 2012 8:44 AM PDT

Adam Serwer on Bloggingheads.tv: Memorial Day, Romney's Conservatism, Bloomberg's Soda Ban, and Obama's Kill List
Tue Jun. 5, 2012 7:47 AM PDT

Friday Cat Blogging — 25 May 2012
Fri May. 25, 2012 2:10 PM PDT

Obama and Marijuana
Fri May. 25, 2012 1:43 PM PDT

Liberals' Targeted Killing Problem
Fri May. 25, 2012 1:15 PM PDT

Explaining Black Voters' Shift on Same-Sex Marriage
Fri May. 25, 2012 7:23 AM PDT

Feminists Defend Conservative Writer against Sexist Hustler "Parody"
Thu May. 24, 2012 1:09 PM PDT

National Review Still Wrong on Civil Rights History
Thu May. 24, 2012 11:39 AM PDT

Did Obama Just Deliver Marriage Equality in Maryland?
Thu May. 24, 2012 8:55 AM PDT

Mitt Fenced in on Immigration
Thu May. 24, 2012 7:31 AM PDT

Colin Powell Evolves on Same-Sex Marriage
Wed May. 23, 2012 3:15 PM PDT

Many "Pro-Life" Americans Don't Want to Outlaw Abortion
Wed May. 23, 2012 8:50 AM PDT

Conservatives Trying to Rewrite the History of Civil Rights
Wed May. 23, 2012 8:38 AM PDT

Bin Laden Filmmakers Got "Unprecedented Access" to National Security Officials
Wed May. 23, 2012 6:40 AM PDT

Obama in 2008: Not That Positive
Tue May. 22, 2012 3:21 PM PDT

Is One Superhero's Same-Sex Marriage an Existential Threat to Comic Book Marriages?
Tue May. 22, 2012 1:47 PM PDT

Leave Private Equity Aloooone!
Tue May. 22, 2012 9:45 AM PDT

The American Race War That's Not Happening
Tue May. 22, 2012 7:21 AM PDT

Our Awesome, Totally Effective, Non-Good Guy Killing Drones Are a Secret
Tue May. 22, 2012 6:09 AM PDT

The NAACP's Evolution on Same-Sex Marriage
Mon May. 21, 2012 8:12 AM PDT

Unmasking the Bundlers
Mon May. 21, 2012 7:11 AM PDT

Cory Booker Thinks Obama's Attacks on Bain Are "Nauseating."
Mon May. 21, 2012 6:34 AM PDT

Friday Cat Blogging — 18 May 2012
Fri May. 18, 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Obama Love Letter Truthers
Fri May. 18, 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Reefer Madness in the Trayvon Case
Fri May. 18, 2012 10:01 AM PDT

House GOP Kills Proposal to Block Indefinite Detention of US Citizens
Fri May. 18, 2012 7:12 AM PDT

The End Of White America
Thu May. 17, 2012 3:00 PM PDT

Would Mitt Romney Be the Most Right-Wing President Ever?
Thu May. 17, 2012 1:38 PM PDT

How Toxic Was "The Ricketts Plan" on Jeremiah Wright? This Toxic.
Thu May. 17, 2012 11:10 AM PDT

RIP Chuck Brown
Thu May. 17, 2012 9:21 AM PDT

Judge Blocks Enforcement of National Defense Authorization Act
Thu May. 17, 2012 6:59 AM PDT

Jeremiah Wright Is Not a Silver Bullet
Thu May. 17, 2012 6:54 AM PDT

Carl Levin Wants to Preserve Indefinite Detention of US Citizens As an Option
Wed May. 16, 2012 12:51 PM PDT

George R.R. Martin Trolls His Trolls
Wed May. 16, 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Lack of DC Statehood Makes DC Government Worse
Wed May. 16, 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Virginia GOP Tries To Explain Why Vote Against Gay Judge Wasn't Bigotry
Wed May. 16, 2012 12:06 PM PDT

The Obama Administration Wants To Keep its Gitmo at Sea to Itself
Wed May. 16, 2012 9:16 AM PDT

Rep. Joe Pitts Thinks Arafat and Sharon Need To Get to Work
Wed May. 16, 2012 8:54 AM PDT

Report: MEK to Be Taken off US Terror List
Wed May. 16, 2012 8:39 AM PDT

Black Folks Not Quite Ready to Vote GOP Over Marriage Equality
Tue May. 15, 2012 8:26 AM PDT

How Did Alleged 9/11 Mastermind KSM Dye His Beard Red?
Thu May. 10, 2012 9:13 AM PDT

Where Does Obama Really Stand On Marriage Equality?
Thu May. 10, 2012 8:05 AM PDT

Too Hot For Gitmo: "Big Boy Pants"
Thu May. 10, 2012 7:16 AM PDT

Obama Endorses Marriage Equality…But Not for All
Wed May. 9, 2012 12:43 PM PDT

The Avengers As "9/11 Revenge Fantasy"
Wed May. 9, 2012 9:10 AM PDT

In Congress, Dem and GOPer Working Together to Change the NDAA
Wed May. 9, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

9/11 Judge: "Why Is This So Hard?"
Sat May. 5, 2012 1:16 PM PDT

BioShock Infinite: An American History Lesson Where You Get to Blow Shit Up

Video game visionary Ken Levine on the nerd mainstream, screen violence, and mining the past for narrative.

Fri May. 10, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Conservative Immigration Scholar: Black and Hispanic Immigrants Are Dumber Than European Immigrants

Jason Richwine, who coauthored a Heritage Foundation study on immigration, didn't just argue that certain minorities are dumber in his scholarship—he also said it at a public panel.

Wed May. 8, 2013 4:50 PM PDT

Feds Arrest 3 New Suspects in Connection With Boston Bombings

Two college students are charged with removing evidence from an alleged bomber's room; another is charged with making false statements.

Wed May. 1, 2013 9:16 AM PDT

Can Obama Stop the Uprising at Gitmo?

Human rights advocates and now even one senator says the administration could end the hunger strike by resuming transfers of detainees out of Gitmo.

Tue Apr. 30, 2013 8:09 AM PDT

Charts: Are the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisks Violating the Constitution?

As New York City defends its controversial policing policy in court, here's what you need to know.

Mon Apr. 29, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

24-Hour Shifts and Deportation Threats: The World of US Guest Workers

The Senate immigration bill is supposed to fix a program plagued by abuses. But is a new visa category enough?

Thu Apr. 25, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

What These Tweets Tell Us About Boston Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

They include statements about Islam, observations on pop culture, a boast about beer pong, and trash talk about women.

Fri Apr. 19, 2013 11:10 AM PDT

Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Charged With Using WMD

Boston returns to normal as bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged.

Thu Apr. 18, 2013 2:39 PM PDT

Not Every Republican Hates Obama's Progressive Labor Secretary Nominee

Thomas Perez, the head of the Justice Department's civil rights division, has won support from some unlikely places.

Thu Apr. 18, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Arab American on Boston Marathon: "Everyone in This Room Is Holding Their Breath"

The catch-22 of Monday's bombing weighed heavily at an Arab American gala in Washington on Tuesday night.

Wed Apr. 17, 2013 11:25 AM PDT

The Government Didn't Shut Down Cell Service in Boston. But With SOP 303, It Could Have.

Wed Apr. 17, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

The Gitmo Hunger Strike May Be the Biggest Act of Civil Disobedience in the Camp's History

Nearly half a decade after the president vowed to close the prison, 166 men are still detained there.

Wed Apr. 17, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Bitcoin, Explained

Everything you need to know about the new electronic currency.

Wed Apr. 10, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Whatever Happened to the Obama Administration's Review of NYPD Spying?

A year ago, Attorney General Eric Holder promised Congress the Justice Department would consider investigating the NYPD's spying on Muslims. Since then, crickets.

Thu Apr. 4, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Game of Thrones' Lionesses of Winter

Forget "sexposition." In Season 3, the GOT writers have put the women of the Seven Kingdoms on top.

Sun Mar. 31, 2013 8:50 AM PDT

MIA at the Supreme Court: DOMA Lawyer's Most Homophobic Arguments

The attorney supporting the Defense of Marriage Act never made his most controversial arguments—a sign that the anti-gay forces can't defend their own rhetoric.

Fri Mar. 29, 2013 8:13 AM PDT

Here Are the 7 Worst Things Antonin Scalia Has Said or Written About Homosexuality

This week the Supreme Court will hear arguments about equal rights for gay Americans. But we already know what Scalia thinks.

Tue Mar. 26, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

The GOP Wants to Use This Bizarre Case to Scuttle Obama's Most Progressive Cabinet Nominee

Inside the case that made conservatives hate Thomas Perez.

Fri Mar. 22, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Shocker: Civil Rights Agency Did Not Discriminate Against Conservatives, Whites

But even so, Republicans will find some ammo in a new report on the Justice Department's civil rights division.

Wed Mar. 13, 2013 8:03 AM PDT

A Labor Secretary Pick Progressives Will Love—and Republicans Will Hate

Thomas Perez, Obama's pick for the post, boasts an aggressive record on civil rights—which is why Republicans will try to stop him.

Tue Mar. 12, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Supreme Court Poised to Declare Racism Over

Conservative justices on the high court look set to scrap a key part of the Voting Rights Act.

Wed Feb. 27, 2013 12:48 PM PST

Chief Justice Roberts' Long War Against the Voting Rights Act

Roberts has been a critic of the Voting Rights Act for 30 years. Now he will help decide whether the law's most important section lives or dies.

Wed Feb. 27, 2013 4:01 AM PST

5 Questions John Brennan Dodged in His CIA Confirmation Hearing

President Obama's nominee for CIA chief knows his way around an interrogation.

Thu Feb. 7, 2013 4:57 PM PST

Hardliners Killed Bush's Immigration Reform. Can They Stop Obama's?

"No military plan survives contact with the enemy," warns one anti-immigration activist.

Thu Jan. 31, 2013 4:01 AM PST

The Rubio Immigration Plan Conservatives Love Looks a Lot Like Obama's

The GOP senator proposes Obama's immigration reform plan; conservatives melt.

Tue Jan. 15, 2013 1:59 PM PST

14 Ways Obama Can Push Gun Control Without Congress

Forget the House of Representatives. Here’s what the White House can do right now.

Mon Jan. 14, 2013 4:06 AM PST

The GOP's Anti-Muslim Wing Is in Retreat

Why Republicans finally seem to be distancing themselves from the Muslim-bashers in their midst.

Thu Jan. 3, 2013 4:06 AM PST

Abortion-Rights Groups: Hagel's Views Not a Dealbreaker for Pentagon Post

The Republican ex-senator, who Obama is reportedly considering nominating as Secretary of Defense, repeatedly voted to deny American servicewomen access to abortion.

Fri Dec. 28, 2012 2:09 PM PST

Defense Bill Includes Broadened Version of Todd Akin's Anti-Gay Provision

"It's going to generate endless issues," one expert warns.

Thu Dec. 20, 2012 4:06 AM PST

Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin Now Going After Gay Troops

The controversial congressman, who lost a Senate race in November after explaining how victims of "legitimate rape" don't get pregnant, is going out with a bang.

Tue Dec. 18, 2012 7:50 AM PST

Why Your Kindle Is an Open Book to the Government

Before you buy that e-reader as a Chistmas or Hannukah present, read this.

Fri Dec. 14, 2012 7:22 AM PST

A Plan to Stop the Feds From Reading Your Emails

Four lawmakers are trying to put a stop to warrantless spying.

Tue Dec. 11, 2012 7:51 AM PST

Susan Rice: A Victim of GOP Hypocrisy?

Senate Republicans had two very different reactions to administration officials named Rice who were accused of misleading the public.

Thu Dec. 6, 2012 4:13 AM PST

Will Congress Protect Your Inbox From Warrantless Snooping?

The Senate takes up a major privacy bill that will decide whether the government needs to meet the same standard to scour your Gmail account as it does to search your underwear drawer.

Wed Nov. 28, 2012 8:02 AM PST

The Real Reason You Should Care About the Petraeus Affair: Privacy

If the CIA director couldn't keep his emails secret, neither can you.

Thu Nov. 15, 2012 4:03 AM PST