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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Perry Slams Obama For Supporting Human Rights For Gays
Wed Dec. 7, 2011 9:22 AM PST

Former Bush Officials Slam Mandatory Military Detention Bill
Tue Dec. 6, 2011 10:04 AM PST

NAACP Decries "James Crow Esq."
Tue Dec. 6, 2011 9:16 AM PST

The American Heritage Dictionary's "Anchor Baby" Fail
Mon Dec. 5, 2011 2:47 PM PST

Republicans Go After...Obama's Ambassador to Belgium?
Mon Dec. 5, 2011 9:15 AM PST

White House: We're Serious About Vetoing The Defense Bill Over Detention
Fri Dec. 2, 2011 1:48 PM PST

Senate Votes Not To Vote On Indefinite Detention On Americans
Fri Dec. 2, 2011 7:15 AM PST

Pew Survey Suggests Gingrich's Vision For Immigration Reform Could Legalize Millions
Thu Dec. 1, 2011 1:44 PM PST

ACLU Corrects Citation To Non-Islamophobic Essay
Thu Dec. 1, 2011 11:20 AM PST

Ayotte's Torture Amendment Is Kaput
Thu Dec. 1, 2011 11:13 AM PST

Gitmo Law Could Someday Apply to American Citizens
Wed Nov. 30, 2011 3:30 PM PST

ACLU Cites Non-Islamophic Essay As Example of Islamophobia
Wed Nov. 30, 2011 2:48 PM PST

Okay, Maybe The ACLU Is Running The CIA
Tue Nov. 29, 2011 10:45 AM PST

Senate Moves Forward On Domestic Indefinite Detention
Tue Nov. 29, 2011 5:17 AM PST

Gingrich on Immigration: More Moderate and Consistent Than Romney
Mon Nov. 28, 2011 11:52 AM PST

Newt Comes Out As An Immigration Moderate
Tue Nov. 22, 2011 8:27 PM PST

Bachmann AGAIN Lies About The ACLU And The CIA
Tue Nov. 22, 2011 6:56 PM PST

Republican Senator Proposes Torture Amendment To Defense Bill
Tue Nov. 22, 2011 12:52 PM PST

Amazon Users Review the UC-Davis Cop's Pepper Spray
Tue Nov. 22, 2011 6:17 AM PST

Another Of Qaddafi's Sons Captured
Mon Nov. 21, 2011 12:11 PM PST

Pamela Geller: Beware "Stealth Halal" Turkeys This Thanksgiving
Mon Nov. 21, 2011 8:44 AM PST

Cain Thinks the Taliban Are Taking Over in Libya
Fri Nov. 18, 2011 3:35 PM PST

Obama Threatens To Veto Defense Bill Over Detention Provisions
Thu Nov. 17, 2011 10:51 AM PST

Leon Panetta: New Detention Provisions Will Harm National Security
Thu Nov. 17, 2011 9:28 AM PST

Rick Santorum Attacks Obama On Israel And Iran, Possibly Misquotes The Wire
Tue Nov. 15, 2011 4:50 PM PST

Is the US Getting Domestic Indefinite Military Detention for Thanksgiving?
Tue Nov. 15, 2011 4:30 PM PST

Memo to Mitt: There's No Insurgency in Iran
Mon Nov. 14, 2011 3:30 PM PST

Herman Cain On Libya: Which One Was That Again?
Mon Nov. 14, 2011 2:46 PM PST

How the Supreme Court Could Delay Ruling on Health Care Reform
Mon Nov. 14, 2011 11:00 AM PST

Bachmann Insists the ACLU Is Running the CIA
Mon Nov. 14, 2011 9:53 AM PST

Bachmann: The ACLU Is Running The CIA Under Obama
Sat Nov. 12, 2011 7:36 PM PST

Fort Hood Victims Suing The US Government Over Shooting Rampage
Fri Nov. 11, 2011 3:15 PM PST

Obama's Latino Vote Strategy: Run GOP Debates "Verbatim"
Thu Nov. 10, 2011 11:10 AM PST

Gitmo Costs $800K/Year Per Detainee
Thu Nov. 10, 2011 8:33 AM PST

Cain Walks Back "Princess Nancy"
Wed Nov. 9, 2011 8:30 PM PST

Herman Cain: Not Every Woman I Know Has Accused Me Of Sexual Harassment
Wed Nov. 9, 2011 6:45 PM PST

Bloggingheads: High Tech Lynching Edition
Wed Nov. 9, 2011 12:35 PM PST

National Review: Cain Is More "Authentically Black" Than Obama
Wed Nov. 9, 2011 10:00 AM PST

Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Standard-Bearer Russell Pearce Goes Down
Tue Nov. 8, 2011 10:12 PM PST

ACA Defenders Still Can't Answer "The Gotcha Question"
Tue Nov. 8, 2011 11:49 AM PST

High Fantasy Is A Subgenre of Fantasy
Tue Nov. 8, 2011 8:45 AM PST

Continuing Anxiety Over Black Flags In The Middle East
Tue Nov. 8, 2011 8:08 AM PST

Figuring Out Who The "Moderate" Islamists Are
Mon Nov. 7, 2011 3:39 PM PST

Architect of Arizona's Anti-Immigration Law May Lose His Seat
Mon Nov. 7, 2011 12:32 PM PST

CIA to Be More Careful With Its Deadly Flying Robots
Fri Nov. 4, 2011 8:54 AM PDT

The GOP's Deregulatory Christmas List
Thu Nov. 3, 2011 11:50 AM PDT

Desperately Seeking Anita
Thu Nov. 3, 2011 10:33 AM PDT

Al Qaeda Planting Its Flag In Libya?
Wed Nov. 2, 2011 1:50 PM PDT

Gitmo Detainee Could Be Held Even If Found Innocent
Wed Nov. 2, 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Four Senior Citizens Plotted Killing Spree At A Waffle House
Wed Nov. 2, 2011 5:55 AM 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