Teachers and Students Occupy Schools in the Shadow of Olympic Rio Teachers and Students Occupy Schools in the Shadow of Olympic Rio
Organizing to reform teachers’ working conditions as well as standardized testing has been met with brutal police violence.
Aug 11, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Letters From the August 29-September 5, 2016, Issue Letters From the August 29-September 5, 2016, Issue
Each one teach one…
Aug 11, 2016 / Our Readers and George Joseph
Olympic Joy in the Face of Erasure Olympic Joy in the Face of Erasure
On the mat, Rafaela Silva won for her marginalized favela. In the streets, activists are winning the right to protest.
Aug 10, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Chemical Burns, Frostbite, Broken Bones—All for Cheap Chicken Chemical Burns, Frostbite, Broken Bones—All for Cheap Chicken
The workers who put poultry on your table are subject to horrible conditions on the job.
Aug 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust
He’s pushing the same old failures of Reaganomics: tax cuts for the rich and deregulation, along with nostalgia for an industrial era long gone.
Aug 10, 2016 / Jeff Madrick
Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable
Bernie Sanders should call on her to repudiate him as the war criminal he is.
Aug 9, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Finally, Millennials Are Proving Themselves Useful Finally, Millennials Are Proving Themselves Useful
And totally not in a creepy way.
Aug 9, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today
Just as past public policies created the racial wealth gap, current policy widens it.
Aug 8, 2016 / Joshua Holland
One More Media Organization Just Admitted: Unpaid Internships Have to Go One More Media Organization Just Admitted: Unpaid Internships Have to Go
An organizing drive at New York Public Radio’s WNYC yielded an unlikely victory for interns—a paycheck.
Aug 8, 2016 / Natalie Pattillo
Grassroots Democrats Are Making the TPP a Big Issue in Congressional Races Grassroots Democrats Are Making the TPP a Big Issue in Congressional Races
Opponents of the flawed trade deal are making the issue central to primary campaigns.
Aug 8, 2016 / John Nichols