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Rousseff Lights the Olympic Torch

Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics? Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics?

The majority of the members of Brazil’s Congress are under investigation or facing charges. Of course the Olympics are corrupt.

May 6, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Schoolbus

Citizens Are Not Consumers Citizens Are Not Consumers

When education gets outsourced, students lose.

May 6, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Purple Rain

A Violent Room A Violent Room

Why did the movie Purple Rain want or perhaps need to produce and reprise a particular fantasy of interraciality?

May 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Why I Wouldn’t Go to the University of Texas Law School

Why I Wouldn’t Go to the University of Texas Law School Why I Wouldn’t Go to the University of Texas Law School

Come August 1, the concept of trigger warnings will take on a literal meaning on Texas college campuses.

May 5, 2016 / StudentNation / Andrew Wilson

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson

Could an Antiwar, Anti-Surveillance Libertarian Be the Biggest Beneficiary of Trump’s Takeover of the GOP? Could an Antiwar, Anti-Surveillance Libertarian Be the Biggest Beneficiary of Trump’s Takeover of the GOP?

Gary Johnson is making his play for #NeverTrump votes. But is he too open-minded for renegade Republicans?

May 5, 2016 / John Nichols

American Money

When It Comes to Taxes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Have 1 Thing in Common When It Comes to Taxes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Have 1 Thing in Common

Tax avoidance by the wealthiest Americans—including the presidential front-runners—costs the US government an additional $130 billion per year.

May 5, 2016 / Nomi Prins

Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence?

Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence? Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence?

Plus: The life, and death, of Sandra Bland.

May 5, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Greece Has New Independent Media—If You Want It Greece Has New Independent Media—If You Want It

Athens Live aims to provide journalism to a country with notoriously corrupt news outlets.

May 5, 2016 / Jessica Corbett

Corbyn Council Elections

The Left Is Winning the Debate. Now What? The Left Is Winning the Debate. Now What?

The days of standing for office just to make a point may be over.

May 5, 2016 / Column / Gary Younge

Note to Exxon: Lying About Climate Change Isn’t Free Speech—It’s Fraud

Note to Exxon: Lying About Climate Change Isn’t Free Speech—It’s Fraud Note to Exxon: Lying About Climate Change Isn’t Free Speech—It’s Fraud

Facing hundreds of billions of dollars in potential damages, the fossil-fuel giant is trying to change the subject.

May 5, 2016 / Mark Hertsgaard

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