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The Persecution of GN Saibaba and India’s ‘Annihilation’ of the Resistance The Persecution of GN Saibaba and India’s ‘Annihilation’ of the Resistance

The plight of a wheelchair-bound professor reveals India’s “Terminator-like” attacks on dissent.

May 2, 2018 / Tekendra Parmar

Stephon Clark

‘Please Give Us Justice’: New California Law Aims to Hold Police Accountable ‘Please Give Us Justice’: New California Law Aims to Hold Police Accountable

A “first of its kind” bill would raise use-of-force guidelines for police from “reasonable” to “necessary”—a higher standard that could save lives.

May 2, 2018 / Safiya Charles

Solidarity in Response to Rash of Sexual Harassment Accusations in Russia Shows That Times Are Changing—Slowly

Solidarity in Response to Rash of Sexual Harassment Accusations in Russia Shows That Times Are Changing—Slowly Solidarity in Response to Rash of Sexual Harassment Accusations in Russia Shows That Times Are Changing—Slowly

Many in the media are rallying behind the female journalists who have accused State Duma deputy Leonid Slutsky of sexual harassment.

May 2, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Caster Semenya

Too Much Testosterone? The Discrimination Women Face in International Sports Too Much Testosterone? The Discrimination Women Face in International Sports

Katrina Karkazis joins us to talk about the IAAF's sex-testing rules.

May 2, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

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After Stunning Democratic Win, North Dakota Republicans Suppressed the Native American Vote After Stunning Democratic Win, North Dakota Republicans Suppressed the Native American Vote

A district court ruled against the state’s voter-ID law in April—but with midterms looming, the fight for Native voting rights isn’t over yet.

May 2, 2018 / Roey Hadar

Indict This Sandwich

Indict This Sandwich Indict This Sandwich

American Baloney.

May 2, 2018 / OppArt / Asier Sanz

A father and his son await tutorship by immigration lawyers in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 27, 2018.

Support Asylum Seekers From the Migrant Caravan Vilified by Trump Support Asylum Seekers From the Migrant Caravan Vilified by Trump

You can also join a campaign to expose the Wall Street companies profiting off of the immigrant detention industry.

May 1, 2018 / NationAction

Bernie Sanders Puerto Rico

There Is an Alternative to Brutal Austerity in Puerto Rico There Is an Alternative to Brutal Austerity in Puerto Rico

Bernie Sanders has proposed a Marshall Plan for the islands, instead of an inhumane and antidemocratic oversight board.

May 1, 2018 / John Nichols

May Day

Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist

For May Day, we look back at the work of Nate Smith, whose organizing broke down racial barriers in Pittsburgh’s trade unions.

May 1, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

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Could an Army of Accountants Bring Down Trump? Could an Army of Accountants Bring Down Trump?

In the end, the bean counters might just save us.

May 1, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

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