Is Your Favorite Chocolate the Product of Child Labor? Is Your Favorite Chocolate the Product of Child Labor?
An estimated half-million to 1.5 million children are involved in the cocoa trade.
Dec 22, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Why It’s Wrong to Gloat Over The New Republic’s Demise Why It’s Wrong to Gloat Over The New Republic’s Demise
Despite its flaws, it was one of our few remaining journals of serious debate and opinion.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / Steve Wasserman
No Kaddish for ‘The New Republic’ No Kaddish for ‘The New Republic’
From the very beginning, the magazine has shown an eagerness to suck up to power.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
ISIS Wants You to Share This ISIS Wants You to Share This
How the well-meaning public became a handmaiden for terror.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / Rafia Zakaria
How the US Created a ‘Little Hiroshima’ in Central America How the US Created a ‘Little Hiroshima’ in Central America
From 1989 to 1990, thousands of civilians died and were buried in mass graves in President George H.W. Bush's search for one suspected drug trafficker.
Dec 22, 2014 / Greg Grandin
Obama Isn’t Being Clear on Afghanistan Policy Obama Isn’t Being Clear on Afghanistan Policy
The president says the combat mission is ending--but the actual policy doesn’t match.
Dec 22, 2014 / George Zornick
Athlete-Activists Can’t Be Scared Silent After the Murder of Two NYPD Officers Athlete-Activists Can’t Be Scared Silent After the Murder of Two NYPD Officers
Fighting for breath when police and media are declaring war against a peaceful movement could not be more pressing.
Dec 22, 2014 / Dave Zirin
How to Survive a Cop Coup: What Bill de Blasio Can Learn From Ecuador How to Survive a Cop Coup: What Bill de Blasio Can Learn From Ecuador
In late 2010, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa faced down a cop revolt and won—emerging stronger and more popular.
Dec 21, 2014 / Greg Grandin
Interview With Ariyana Smith: The First Athlete Activist of #BlackLivesMatter Interview With Ariyana Smith: The First Athlete Activist of #BlackLivesMatter
Ariyana Smith lay on the court for four and a half minutes before her team’s game on November 29. She did not know that she would be the first in a historic movement of athle...
Dec 19, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Walmart’s Pregnancy Policy May Make You Sick Walmart’s Pregnancy Policy May Make You Sick
Walmart to pregnant women: choose between a healthy pregnancy and a job.
Dec 19, 2014 / Michelle Chen