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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Intel Report Says Nonviolent Islamist Groups Could Hurt Al-Qaeda
Tue Jan. 31, 2012 10:28 AM PST

Panetta: Decision to Kill Americans Suspected of Terrorism Is Obama's
Mon Jan. 30, 2012 1:13 PM PST

Romney Inadvertently Defends Obamacare (Again)
Thu Jan. 26, 2012 9:15 PM PST

Mitt Says Newt Was for "Self-Deportation" Before He Was Against It
Wed Jan. 25, 2012 2:52 PM PST

Gingrich: Maybe We'll Bomb Castro If I'm President
Wed Jan. 25, 2012 12:30 PM PST

Gingrich Woos the Latino Vote on Univision
Wed Jan. 25, 2012 9:25 AM PST

SERVICE GUARANTEES CITIZENSHIP! DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Tue Jan. 24, 2012 10:24 AM PST

Gingrich's Anti-Muslim Sugar Daddy Funded Film Shown To NYPD
Tue Jan. 24, 2012 10:00 AM PST

Romney's Tax Rate in 2010: 13.9 Percent
Mon Jan. 23, 2012 11:08 PM PST

"Self-Deportation": It's a Real Thing, and It Isn't Pretty
Mon Jan. 23, 2012 8:59 PM PST

Romney's Double Game on Immigration
Fri Jan. 20, 2012 2:58 PM PST

Romney Explains How Obamacare Isn't Socialism
Fri Jan. 20, 2012 8:13 AM PST

Romney Gets Booed For Holding Back His Tax Returns
Thu Jan. 19, 2012 8:18 PM PST

Poll: Gingrich Rising In South Carolina, Fueled By Debate Performance
Thu Jan. 19, 2012 10:29 AM PST

Gingrich Turns Food Stamp Lecture Into Campaign Ad
Tue Jan. 17, 2012 2:55 PM PST

Gingrich's Racial Doubletalk On Food Stamps
Tue Jan. 17, 2012 10:51 AM PST

Call it the Romney Rule: Mitt Says He Pays "Close" To 15 Percent In Taxes
Tue Jan. 17, 2012 9:41 AM PST

Justice Department: Obama's Recess Appointments Are Constitutional
Thu Jan. 12, 2012 1:30 PM PST

Anti-Muslim Blogger Pam Geller On Alleged Corpse Desecration: "I Love These Marines"
Thu Jan. 12, 2012 12:25 PM PST

Does Clarence Thomas Care About Prosecutors Behaving Badly?
Wed Jan. 11, 2012 12:43 PM PST

Quote of the Day, Balls and Strikes Edition
Wed Jan. 11, 2012 9:43 AM PST

George Lucas: Hollywood Didn't Want to Fund My Film Because of Its Black Cast
Tue Jan. 10, 2012 10:05 AM PST

Bush's Torture Lawyers Agree: Obama Is Mad With Power
Mon Jan. 9, 2012 3:00 PM PST

Santorum's "Love" For His Hypothetical Gay Son
Mon Jan. 9, 2012 10:34 AM PST

The GOP Debate's Gay Rights Softballs
Sun Jan. 8, 2012 9:16 AM PST

Santorum: I Cashed Out Because I Care
Sat Jan. 7, 2012 8:37 PM PST

Adam Serwer on Bloggingheads: Sanctum Santorum Edition
Fri Jan. 6, 2012 10:44 AM PST

Chart of the Day: Presidential Recess Appointments
Wed Jan. 4, 2012 11:04 AM PST

Obama Signs Controversial Defense Bill On New Year's Eve
Mon Jan. 2, 2012 5:04 AM PST

Film Review: "Pariah" and the Untold Stories in Black Cinema
Wed Dec. 28, 2011 9:21 AM PST

Romney On Bin Laden: All Over The Map
Thu Dec. 22, 2011 12:15 AM PST

The Defense Bill and Rendition of US Citizens
Wed Dec. 21, 2011 9:11 AM PST

Defeating the Point of Fact-Checking
Tue Dec. 20, 2011 2:03 PM PST

Minor Charges For Alleged Hezbollah Agent In Iraq
Tue Dec. 20, 2011 12:51 PM PST

I Guess Posting Videos Online Can Make You a Terrorist
Tue Dec. 20, 2011 12:14 PM PST

Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Calling Me Names Violates My Civil Rights
Sun Dec. 18, 2011 7:35 AM PST

The Defense Bill Passed. So What Does It Do?
Fri Dec. 16, 2011 3:34 PM PST

Immigrant Rights Activists Slam Arpaio, Obama
Fri Dec. 16, 2011 1:38 PM PST

The Most Unconstitutional Sheriff In America?
Thu Dec. 15, 2011 12:21 PM PST

White House Caves on Defense Bill Veto Threat
Wed Dec. 14, 2011 2:25 PM PST

FBI Chief: NDAA Detention Provisions Still Bad
Wed Dec. 14, 2011 11:03 AM PST

Why Obama Should Veto The Defense Authorization—And Why He Might Not
Wed Dec. 14, 2011 8:11 AM PST

New NDAA's Loopholes Make Its Military Detention Provisions Almost Pointless
Tue Dec. 13, 2011 2:10 PM PST

Bloggingheads: Cylon Romney and Voltron Gingrich Edition
Tue Dec. 13, 2011 12:40 PM PST

Republicans Cave on Anti-Gay Amendments in Defense Bill
Tue Dec. 13, 2011 6:16 AM PST

Islamophobes Protest Show for Depicting Muslims As Normal People
Mon Dec. 12, 2011 12:19 PM PST

Gingrich Flip-Flops on Clemency Toward "American Traitor"
Fri Dec. 9, 2011 9:47 AM PST

"That Is The Jewish Grandmotheriest Argument I Have Ever Heard For Indefinite Detention"
Thu Dec. 8, 2011 8:40 AM PST

5 Things to Know About Detention in the Defense Bill
Wed Dec. 7, 2011 1:25 PM PST

Is Israel Responsible For The Occupy Crackdowns? (UPDATED)
Wed Dec. 7, 2011 11:45 AM PST

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