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90 Percent of the Over 10,000 Chemicals in Nail Products Haven’t Been Evaluated For Safety

90 Percent of the Over 10,000 Chemicals in Nail Products Haven’t Been Evaluated For Safety 90 Percent of the Over 10,000 Chemicals in Nail Products Haven’t Been Evaluated For Safety

Focusing too much on regulating retail workplaces and safety practices could let the products industry off the hook.

May 15, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen

Tennessee’s Abstinence-Based Sex-Ed Law Is Especially Bad for Black Students

Tennessee’s Abstinence-Based Sex-Ed Law Is Especially Bad for Black Students Tennessee’s Abstinence-Based Sex-Ed Law Is Especially Bad for Black Students

Memphis leads the nation in sexually transmitted infections, but its schools do little to keep students safe.

May 15, 2015 / Blog / Dani McClain

It’s Not Tom Brady We Should Be Worried About—It’s Roger Goodell

It’s Not Tom Brady We Should Be Worried About—It’s Roger Goodell It’s Not Tom Brady We Should Be Worried About—It’s Roger Goodell

If Roger Goodell believes that all documents should be disclosed, let’s start with the ones he is holding under lock and key.

May 15, 2015 / Blog / Dave Zirin

How Immigrants Have Changed the Democratic Party

How Immigrants Have Changed the Democratic Party How Immigrants Have Changed the Democratic Party

Hilary Clinton’s evolution on immigration reform is a testament to the youthful movement that erupted during the Obama era.

May 13, 2015 / Editorial / The Editors

Snowden’s Vindication

Snowden’s Vindication Snowden’s Vindication

An appeals court declares the NSA’s data grab illegal.

May 13, 2015 / Editorial / David Cole

News We Can’t Lose

News We Can’t Lose News We Can’t Lose

As prospects for traditional media decline, alternatives are emerging.

May 13, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

All the Single Ladies Aren’t So Privileged

All the Single Ladies Aren’t So Privileged All the Single Ladies Aren’t So Privileged

And it’ll take more than self-empowerment to truly free us from the expectation of marriage.

May 13, 2015 / Samhita Mukhopadhyay

New York National Guard members

Why Are We Paying the NFL to Help the Pentagon Recruit Troops? Why Are We Paying the NFL to Help the Pentagon Recruit Troops?

NFL owners using our tax dollars to salute the troops? It’s even worse than that.

May 13, 2015 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Entering the Mind of My Rapist: An Exercise in Extreme Empathy

Entering the Mind of My Rapist: An Exercise in Extreme Empathy Entering the Mind of My Rapist: An Exercise in Extreme Empathy

What would it be like, I suddenly wondered, to put myself in the head of my rapist?

May 13, 2015 / Feature / Deborah Copaken Kogan

Graphs and Legends

Graphs and Legends Graphs and Legends

Raymond Williams tried to save culture from a priestly elite. Can the same be said of the digital humanities?

May 12, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Moira Weigel

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