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Tom Tomorrow toon

Close All the Mosques! Close All the Mosques!

And other practical solutions to gun violence.

Dec 8, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Tyra Banks

‘America’s Next Top Model’ Wraps After 22 Seasons of Bigotry ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Wraps After 22 Seasons of Bigotry

Exotic Asians, hot-tempered Latinas, and the original angry black woman—we owe all of these reality TV tropes to Tyra Banks’s fake-empowerment series.

Dec 8, 2015 / Jennifer L. Pozner

The fully public Savonnerie Heymans ecological social housing project in Brussels, Belgium, features a “mini-forest,” game library, parks, playgrounds, and a promenade.

How to Get Rid of Your Landlord and Socialize American Housing, in 3 Easy Steps How to Get Rid of Your Landlord and Socialize American Housing, in 3 Easy Steps

Homelessness, unaffordable urban real estate, devastating gentrification, and the housing bubble are all rooted in privatized housing.

Dec 8, 2015 / Jesse A. Myerson

December 8, 1980: John Lennon Is Assassinated

December 8, 1980: John Lennon Is Assassinated December 8, 1980: John Lennon Is Assassinated

“Lennon opened up rock-and-roll to politics, and in an innocent, impulsive way, he worked for peace.”

Dec 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Interned Japanese American Sammy Kimura (Telly Leung) and camp nurse Hannah Campbell (Katie Rose Clarke) perform in Allegiance.

Pacific Overtures on Broadway Pacific Overtures on Broadway

At its best, the Japanese-internment musical Allegiance seethes with righteous anger beneath its perkiness and platitudes.

Dec 7, 2015 / Alisa Solomon

Rahm Emanuel

Laquan McDonald and the Politics of Black Athletes Laquan McDonald and the Politics of Black Athletes

Former Chicago Bull and two-time NBA champion Craig Hodges reflects on the killing of Laquan McDonald and the role of black athletes today.

Dec 7, 2015 / Dave Zirin

The American Empire Is No Match for Mega-droughts and Superstorms

The American Empire Is No Match for Mega-droughts and Superstorms The American Empire Is No Match for Mega-droughts and Superstorms

Unless world leaders agree on stringent climate regulations in Paris, climate change—not military or economic prowess—will decide the fate of humanity.

Dec 7, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

Why Donald Trump Wants to Render Muslim Athletes Invisible

Why Donald Trump Wants to Render Muslim Athletes Invisible Why Donald Trump Wants to Render Muslim Athletes Invisible

What in the name of Muhammad Ali is Donald Trump inhaling, other than the fumes of his own gaseous ego?

Dec 7, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Citizens United protest

‘It’s Viral!’ The Movement to Overturn ‘Citizens United’ Swamps the Internet ‘It’s Viral!’ The Movement to Overturn ‘Citizens United’ Swamps the Internet

Watch the video that was this week’s winner in the Democracy For All Video Challenge.

Dec 7, 2015 / The Nation

Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court

Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court

Will Indian nations lose one of the remaining paths for bringing justice to those who commit wrongs on their land?  

Dec 7, 2015 / Andrew Bard Epstein

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