Why Black Lives Matter Activists Are Showing Up for a Palestinian Woman Threatened With Deportation Why Black Lives Matter Activists Are Showing Up for a Palestinian Woman Threatened With Deportation
Solidarity between black and Palestinian activists challenging state violence is growing. Just look at the campaign to support Rasmea Odeh.
Oct 26, 2015 / Dani McClain
American Special Operations Forces Have a Very Funny Definition of Success American Special Operations Forces Have a Very Funny Definition of Success
US Special Operations forces have deployed to 147 countries this year. To what end, exactly?
Oct 26, 2015 / Nick Turse
Jeb Bush Says He Has ‘Really Cool Things’ to Do Besides Being President Jeb Bush Says He Has ‘Really Cool Things’ to Do Besides Being President
That’s good, because he’s probably not going to be.
Oct 26, 2015 / Joan Walsh
What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change? What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?
Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis, and Wen Stephenson discuss the truly transformative change that our climate crisis requires.
Oct 26, 2015 / Wen Stephenson, Naomi Klein, and Avi Lewis
Bernie Sanders Is Actually Quite Serious About This ‘Political Revolution’ Thing Bernie Sanders Is Actually Quite Serious About This ‘Political Revolution’ Thing
With a rock concert, a rally, and a key speech in Iowa, the insurgent signals that he intends to remain an insurgent.
Oct 26, 2015 / John Nichols
For the First Time in History, the World Series Is Between 2 Teams That Were Never Segregated For the First Time in History, the World Series Is Between 2 Teams That Were Never Segregated
How the 2015 World Series holds up a mirror to baseball’s queasy segregated present.
Oct 26, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Junot Díaz Just Lost an Award for Speaking Out Against the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Haitian Pogrom Junot Díaz Just Lost an Award for Speaking Out Against the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Haitian Pogrom
New York’s Dominican Consul General revoked Díaz’s Order of Merit last week, calling him “anti-Dominican.”
Oct 26, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights
The Guggenheim’s Abu Dhabi project is just the latest cultural institution in the Persian Gulf to be targeted by this coalition of workers, academics, and artists.
Oct 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Teaching While Poor: Adjunct Professors and the Fight for Fair Wages Teaching While Poor: Adjunct Professors and the Fight for Fair Wages
Across the country, adjunct professors are being exploited for profit, and many of them have had enough of it.
Oct 26, 2015 / Brave New Films
October 26, 2001: President George W. Bush Signs the USA Patriot Act Into Law October 26, 2001: President George W. Bush Signs the USA Patriot Act Into Law
“At times of crisis the most patriotic act of all is the unyielding defense of civil liberties, the right to dissent and equality before the law for all Americans.”
Oct 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner