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Queens Home Foreclosure

How Banks Stole Homes From the Most Vulnerable New Yorkers How Banks Stole Homes From the Most Vulnerable New Yorkers

“Reverse redlining” flooded communities of color with toxic mortgages, practically ensuring default.

Jul 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Gabby Douglas at the 2012 Olympic trials in San Jose, California (Peter Read Miller)

Out of Sight, Top of Mind Out of Sight, Top of Mind

A new book conveys the powerful role photography plays in sports. But the photographers are still something of a mystery.

Jul 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ian F. Blair

Cuba Terror List

My Journey From Louisiana to Havana, and Back Again My Journey From Louisiana to Havana, and Back Again

Afro-Cubans are clad in American flags that represent, for them, a chance at upward mobility, while at home black Americans are murdered under this same flag.

Jul 15, 2016 / Kristina Kay Robinson

Mike Pence introduces Trump

Trump Pick Pence Is a Right-Wing Political Careerist Who Desperately Wants Out of Indiana Trump Pick Pence Is a Right-Wing Political Careerist Who Desperately Wants Out of Indiana

A Limbaugh-loving, Koch-connected member of the corporate conservative political establishment.

Jul 14, 2016 / John Nichols

MLK Speaks During March on Washington

The Civil-Rights Movement’s Lesson for Today’s Politics The Civil-Rights Movement’s Lesson for Today’s Politics

Moral prophecy is important, but without engaging our adversaries we’ll get nowhere.

Jul 14, 2016 / Harry C. Boyte

Mike Pence and Donald Trump

Vice President Mike Pence Would Be a Dream for the Koch Brothers Vice President Mike Pence Would Be a Dream for the Koch Brothers

Donald Trump has long boasted of his independence from GOP donors, but that may be changing.

Jul 14, 2016 / George Zornick

Greenhouse Gases

Bad News: We’re Actually Using More Fossil Fuels Than Ever Bad News: We’re Actually Using More Fossil Fuels Than Ever

Renewable forms of energy are growing far faster than anyone expected. But so is the use of oil, coal, and natural gas.

Jul 14, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

Is the Human Race Too Stupid to Survive?

Is the Human Race Too Stupid to Survive? Is the Human Race Too Stupid to Survive?

Or are we living in some kind of heavy-handed political satire?

Jul 14, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Kosovo Muslims Observe Ramadan

Is Kosovo the New European Hotbed of Jihadi Extremism? Is Kosovo the New European Hotbed of Jihadi Extremism?

Not really, despite breathless media claims. Interviews with fighters returned from Syria reveal a more complex picture.

Jul 14, 2016 / Lydia Wilson

LeBron James

The Media Are Totally Wrong About the Role of Athletes in Black Lives Matter The Media Are Totally Wrong About the Role of Athletes in Black Lives Matter

Walking in the tradition of Muhammad Ali means taking a side, not building a bridge or riding the fence.

Jul 14, 2016 / Dave Zirin

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