Flint Is Finally Moving to Help Kids Recover from Lead Poisoning’s Toxic Legacy Flint Is Finally Moving to Help Kids Recover from Lead Poisoning’s Toxic Legacy
A new legal settlement could be a turning point for a community that has struggled with disinvestment for decades.
Apr 27, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Paul Ryan Is Making ‘Very Flimsy’ Excuses for Firing the Priest Who Urged the House to Care for the Poor Paul Ryan Is Making ‘Very Flimsy’ Excuses for Firing the Priest Who Urged the House to Care for the Poor
Father Patrick Conroy reminded members of Congress that their decisions have an impact on income inequality. Now he’s out.
Apr 27, 2018 / John Nichols
A New Generation Against the Bomb A New Generation Against the Bomb
What the burgeoning youth-led fight against gun violence can learn from the global antinuclear movement.
Apr 27, 2018 / Ray Acheson
In Right-to-Work Iowa, Faculty May Just Have to Follow West Virginia’s Lead In Right-to-Work Iowa, Faculty May Just Have to Follow West Virginia’s Lead
Non-tenure-track professors at the University of Iowa are fighting for bargaining rights in the kind of labor environment Janus threatens to make the national norm—and th...
Apr 27, 2018 / StudentNation / Jake Bittle
To Be a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza Is to Be Always Under Threat To Be a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza Is to Be Always Under Threat
“Everyone is targeted. Even if you’re a journalist.… As long as you are Palestinian and there, you are targeted.”
Apr 27, 2018 / Hamza Saftawi and Miriam Berger
The Very Specific 2006-ishness of Those Alleged Joy Reid Posts The Very Specific 2006-ishness of Those Alleged Joy Reid Posts
I don’t know if Reid wrote the posts in question, but it wouldn’t surprise me if she, or any liberal blogger at the time, had.
Apr 27, 2018 / Richard Kim
Ex-Cheerleaders Fight Back Against the NFL Ex-Cheerleaders Fight Back Against the NFL
And they’re willing to settle for $1 and a face-to-face meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Apr 27, 2018 / Dave Zirin
How US Civil Law Is Being Used to Bring Human-Rights Abuses to Court How US Civil Law Is Being Used to Bring Human-Rights Abuses to Court
Could a landmark verdict against Bolivia’s former president and minister of defense pave the way for future cases?
Apr 27, 2018 / Linda Farthing
When Will the Lone Star State Turn Blue? When Will the Lone Star State Turn Blue?
Lawrence Wright on Texas, Trump, and the political future of one of the biggest states in the country.
Apr 27, 2018 / Jon Wiener
