Israel Detained This Palestinian-American Student—Now She’s Challenging the State in Court Israel Detained This Palestinian-American Student—Now She’s Challenging the State in Court
This isn’t the first time Israel has denied entry to a prospective student, but Lara Alqasem is the first to challenge it.
Oct 17, 2018 / StudentNation / Molly Minta
We Must Channel Our Fury Over Kavanaugh Before Election Day We Must Channel Our Fury Over Kavanaugh Before Election Day
Our rage presents an opportunity, but we have to focus it.
Oct 17, 2018 / Mike Lux and Celinda Lake
Edge of Sports NBA Season Preview Edge of Sports NBA Season Preview
NBA scribe Michael Lee joins the show to talk about the upcoming NBA season, Magic Johnson, and the 50th anniversary of John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s iconic Olympic protest.
Oct 17, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Protect the Right to Vote in Your Community Protect the Right to Vote in Your Community
You can also stop the Trump administration from bullying immigrants for using crucial public programs and make phone calls to get out the vote for the midterms.
Oct 16, 2018 / NationAction
Rethinking Prison, From the Inside Out Rethinking Prison, From the Inside Out
Changing the institutional culture of incarceration could entail a social consensus that locking people up is never the ideal way to resolve social problems.
Oct 16, 2018 / Michelle Chen
The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’ The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’
The campaign wants to advance a new understanding of poverty as a traumatic experience inflicted by policy-makers.
Oct 16, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann
Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day? Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day?
The distractions are relentless.
Oct 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Guantánamo Laid the Groundwork for Kavanaugh’s Confirmation How Guantánamo Laid the Groundwork for Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
The prison’s attempts to adjudicate justice are making their way to the mainland.
Oct 15, 2018 / Karen J. Greenberg
‘I’ve Been Raising My Fist Every Day for 50 Years’ ‘I’ve Been Raising My Fist Every Day for 50 Years’
On the 50th anniversary of his Olympic medal-stand protest, Dr. John Carlos still believes in the power of resistance.
Oct 15, 2018 / Dave Zirin
Cops Usually Get Away With Murder. What Was Different in Chicago? Cops Usually Get Away With Murder. What Was Different in Chicago?
When there is the will to seriously prosecute an officer, the public can hold the police accountable.
Oct 12, 2018 / Ed Burmila