Problems That Can Be Solved Problems That Can Be Solved
Math puzzles and cryptic problems
Mar 5, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
This Is Where Union-Bashing and Union-Blaming Gets Ridiculous This Is Where Union-Bashing and Union-Blaming Gets Ridiculous
First Scott Walker, and now a struck corporation claims unions pose a threat to Little League baseball.
Mar 5, 2015 / John Nichols
It’s Not Just Ferguson It’s Not Just Ferguson
Cities nationwide are criminalizing black people to pay the bills.
Mar 5, 2015 / Raven Rakia
Defeat: Major League Soccer Players Union Scores an Own Goal Defeat: Major League Soccer Players Union Scores an Own Goal
Players, fans and the long-term success of MLS lose in the new collective bargaining agreement. It didn’t have to end this way.
Mar 5, 2015 / Dave Zirin
American Drone Operators Are Quitting in Record Numbers American Drone Operators Are Quitting in Record Numbers
An internal Air Force memo reveals that the US military’s drone wars are in major trouble.
Mar 5, 2015 / Pratap Chatterjee
50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack 50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack
The right to vote is under the greatest threat since the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Mar 5, 2015 / Ari Berman
March 5, 1871: Rosa Luxemburg Is Born March 5, 1871: Rosa Luxemburg Is Born
“No revolutionary as independent-minded as she,” Vivian Gornick once wrote in The Nation, “could fail, come the revolution, to be denounced as a counterrevolution...
Mar 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
After Last Week’s Deal With the Troika, What’s Next for Syriza? After Last Week’s Deal With the Troika, What’s Next for Syriza?
Negotiations will rumble on, but the concessions Greece has already won could change the future of the eurozone.
Mar 4, 2015 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
Ten Urban Experiments That Your City Should Adopt Ten Urban Experiments That Your City Should Adopt
From Atlanta to Los Angeles, cities are becoming greener, healthier, and more humane.
Mar 4, 2015 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
The Truth About the Measles The Truth About the Measles
The return of the world’s most contagious disease.
Mar 4, 2015 / Feature / Annie Sparrow