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
What Donald Trump Got Very Wrong About Sexual Harassment What Donald Trump Got Very Wrong About Sexual Harassment
Katha Pollitt on Fox News, plus Ari Berman on voting-rights victories, and Dave Zirin in Rio.
Aug 11, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Courts Hand Down Smashing Victories for Voting Rights Courts Hand Down Smashing Victories for Voting Rights
These are significant wins, across six states—but 15 other states still have restrictions in place for the fall elections.
Aug 11, 2016 / The Editors
What Trump Supporters May Be Thinking What Trump Supporters May Be Thinking
A man who goes ballistic At trivial rebukes Is just the sort of person One wants in charge of nukes.
Aug 11, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3405 Puzzle No. 3405
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Lose weight ahead of surprisingly sturdy business opportunity (6,8) 10 “Flipper Returns”: story is comparatively co…
Aug 11, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
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
The Best Defense Against Donald Trump The Best Defense Against Donald Trump
Well, that backfired.
Aug 11, 2016 / Steve Brodner
Will the Public Internet Survive? Will the Public Internet Survive?
For Scott Malcomson, the Web is slowly being redefined according to the old political maps of nation-states.
Aug 11, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Tekendra Parmar
Is Brand New Congress the Future of Progressive Politics? Is Brand New Congress the Future of Progressive Politics?
The goal is audacious: harness the enthusiasm and fund-raising muscle of the Sanders campaign to elect an entirely new Congress committed to the same platform.
Aug 11, 2016 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
The Myth of Trump’s Alternative Worldview The Myth of Trump’s Alternative Worldview
His foreign policy isn’t an alternative to US empire. It’s a cruder rendition of it.
Aug 10, 2016 / John Feffer