Hurricane Katrina and the Revival of the Political Athlete Hurricane Katrina and the Revival of the Political Athlete
After Hurricane Katrina, athletes spoke out in rage for the first time in decades. It can’t stop and it won’t stop.
Aug 14, 2015 / Dave Zirin
The Many Ways You Can Be Screwed Out of Unemployment Benefits The Many Ways You Can Be Screwed Out of Unemployment Benefits
If you have a bad job to begin with, chances are you’re going to get bad unemployment relief.
Aug 14, 2015 / Michelle Chen
How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own
We treat the Germans the same way we treat ourselves—like dogs.
Aug 14, 2015 / Norman Birnbaum
Letter From Belgorod Letter From Belgorod
Seventy years of victory in Russia and Ukraine.
Aug 14, 2015 / Sophie Pinkham
VIDEO: Hurricane Katrina Didn’t Kill New Orleans—But It Almost Did VIDEO: Hurricane Katrina Didn’t Kill New Orleans—But It Almost Did
A new documentary shows how the city has changed in the decade since the storm—and also how it hasn’t.
Aug 14, 2015 / Laura Flanders and Jordan Flaherty
August 14, 1935: President Franklin Roosevelt Signs the Social Security Act August 14, 1935: President Franklin Roosevelt Signs the Social Security Act
“Unfortunately the present law seems doomed from the start by its complex, slovenly, and mangled character.”
Aug 14, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Alfred Jarry’s Fun Home Alfred Jarry’s Fun Home
Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi gets reimagined as the murderous fantasy of an angsty teenage boy.
Aug 13, 2015 / Alisa Solomon
Plummeting Oil Prices Might Be Good News for the Planet Plummeting Oil Prices Might Be Good News for the Planet
Could we be witnessing a fundamental shift in the energy industry?
Aug 13, 2015 / Michael T. Klare
How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past
Volodymyr Viatrovych was the driving force behind new laws that restrict free speech and regulate how history is written.
Aug 13, 2015 / Jared McBride
Are Graduate Students ‘Workers’? Are Graduate Students ‘Workers’?
Not according to a new ruling against students at the New School.
Aug 13, 2015 / Michelle Chen