Is There Room for Biden in the Democratic Field? Is There Room for Biden in the Democratic Field?
Katrina vanden Heuvel joins the Ed Schultz Podcast.
Sep 3, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No, Protests Against Police Brutality Are Not Increasing Crime No, Protests Against Police Brutality Are Not Increasing Crime
And those who say so are practicing bad journalism and worse science.
Sep 3, 2015 / Alex S. Vitale
Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods
But for the first time in 60 years, a sports megastructure will not dominate Atlanta’s skyline south of Downtown. Can activists help make the area livable again?
Sep 3, 2015 / Daniel Judt
Age of the Unicorn: How the Fed Tried to Fix the Recession, and Created the Tech Bubble Age of the Unicorn: How the Fed Tried to Fix the Recession, and Created the Tech Bubble
The number of “unicorn” tech companies is increasing dramatically—but the bubble will burst eventually.
Sep 3, 2015 / Doug Henwood
September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies
“One important function of good art or entertainment is to unite and illuminate the heart and the mind…. Bad art and entertainment misinform and disunite them.”
Sep 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Why a Criminal Record Shouldn’t Disqualify Someone From Public Assistance Why a Criminal Record Shouldn’t Disqualify Someone From Public Assistance
No one should go hungry for a crime that they have already served time for.
Sep 2, 2015 / Rosie Flores
The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’ The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’
The hacked Sony e-mails seem to show that the Concussion film is compromised. But that would be wrong.
Sep 2, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Fossil-Fuel Executives Are Making Obscene Amounts of Money for Wrecking the Planet—and Their Own Companies Fossil-Fuel Executives Are Making Obscene Amounts of Money for Wrecking the Planet—and Their Own Companies
The kings of Big Coal are making off with millions, while their industry collapses.
Sep 2, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
As President Obama Wraps Up His Alaska Trip, Demand He End His Hypocrisy on Arctic Drilling As President Obama Wraps Up His Alaska Trip, Demand He End His Hypocrisy on Arctic Drilling
Just weeks before a trip intended to call for action on climate change, President Obama gave Royal Dutch Shell Oil permission to start drilling off the coast of Alaska.
Sep 2, 2015 / NationAction
What’s Happening in Guatemala? What’s Happening in Guatemala?
With its government about to fall, Guatemala is finally questioning the neoliberal orthodoxy of the post–Cold War world.
Sep 2, 2015 / Greg Grandin