A Victory Parade 150 Years in the Making A Victory Parade 150 Years in the Making
The African American Civil War Memorial & Museum will honor black soldiers who were not welcome at the original Grand Review celebration.
May 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Chris Burden and ‘The Other Vietnam Memorial’ Chris Burden and ‘The Other Vietnam Memorial’
Three million Vietnamese names, etched on copper plates 13 feet high.
May 11, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Why So Many Democrats Rejected Obama’s Lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Why So Many Democrats Rejected Obama’s Lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal
The president’s suggestion that his critics do not understand trade issues is “absolutely inaccurate.”
May 11, 2015 / John Nichols
A Major Defense Contractor Buys Its Way Back Into the Spying Business A Major Defense Contractor Buys Its Way Back Into the Spying Business
What we can learn from contractors about intelligence—and the CIA.
May 11, 2015 / Tim Shorrock
Hillary Clinton Wants to Help Families at the Bottom. So Will She Change Her Mind About Welfare Reform? Hillary Clinton Wants to Help Families at the Bottom. So Will She Change Her Mind About Welfare Reform?
Clinton said as recently as the 2008 campaign that welfare reform was a success, but its track record has proven otherwise for the country’s poorest.
May 11, 2015 / Bryce Covert
How Can You Get an Ethical Manicure? Support Worker Organizing How Can You Get an Ethical Manicure? Support Worker Organizing
Labor advocates are harnessing the power of both workers and consumers to reform nail salons.
May 11, 2015 / Michelle Chen
‘Anyone You See, You Shoot’: Israeli Soldiers Recall the 2014 Gaza War ‘Anyone You See, You Shoot’: Israeli Soldiers Recall the 2014 Gaza War
A new report from the Israeli veterans group Breaking the Silence says the IDF fails to distinguish between civilians and combatants.
May 11, 2015 / Ben Hattem
Israel and Palestine Agree: Keep Politics Out of Soccer Israel and Palestine Agree: Keep Politics Out of Soccer
The sentiment of keeping sports and politics seperate unites the soccer leaders in Israel and Palestine. Tragically, they both mean profoundly different things.
May 11, 2015 / Dave Zirin
May 11, 1981: Bob Marley Dies May 11, 1981: Bob Marley Dies
“Marley seduced Babylon with a beat and a hard-won moral authority that no pop music figure before or since has managed to achieve.”
May 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
May 10, 1872: Victoria Woodhull Is the First Woman Nominated for President May 10, 1872: Victoria Woodhull Is the First Woman Nominated for President
Karl Marx himself derided Woodhull as “a banker’s woman, free-lover, and general humbug.”
May 10, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac