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How Las Vegas Gambled on the Housing Boom—and Lost

How Las Vegas Gambled on the Housing Boom—and Lost How Las Vegas Gambled on the Housing Boom—and Lost

After the 2008 crash, southern Nevada became the foreclosure and unemployment capital of the nation.

Dec 2, 2014 / Rebecca Solnit

This Is Why John Oliver Supports Net Neutrality

This Is Why John Oliver Supports Net Neutrality This Is Why John Oliver Supports Net Neutrality

Standing in opposition to net neutrality is tantamount to standing against innovation, against small business, against private-sector job creation and against competition.

Dec 2, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Part of Constitutional Rights Do You Not Understand?

What Part of Constitutional Rights Do You Not Understand? What Part of Constitutional Rights Do You Not Understand?

An injury to one is an injury to all. 

Dec 1, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights

It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights

Let’s get serious about addressing erratic, constantly changing schedules that are a Holiday-season nightmare for workers.

Dec 1, 2014 / John Nichols

Dave Zirin: ‘This Is Not White-Man-Burden Time to Stop Domestic Violence’

Dave Zirin: ‘This Is Not White-Man-Burden Time to Stop Domestic Violence’ Dave Zirin: ‘This Is Not White-Man-Burden Time to Stop Domestic Violence’

The NFL has an “army” assembled to fight domestic violence.

Dec 1, 2014 / Dave Zirin

Black Friday Rage, From Ferguson to Walmart

Black Friday Rage, From Ferguson to Walmart Black Friday Rage, From Ferguson to Walmart

On Black Friday, protesters across movements came together with a common demand: spend not one dime.

Dec 1, 2014 / Michelle Chen

The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers)

The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers) The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers)

How do we calculate the uncompensated labor of Mexican and Central American migrants?

Dec 1, 2014 / Greg Grandin

St. Louis Rams Players Tell the World That #BlackLivesMatter

St. Louis Rams Players Tell the World That #BlackLivesMatter St. Louis Rams Players Tell the World That #BlackLivesMatter

Five players on the Rams football team made a political stand on Sunday in solidarity with Michael Brown.

Dec 1, 2014 / Dave Zirin

Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Children’s AIDS Fund Still Raking In Taxpayer Money

Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Children’s AIDS Fund Still Raking In Taxpayer Money Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Children’s AIDS Fund Still Raking In Taxpayer Money

Newly filed documents reveal that the controversial evangelical organization is still getting federal funds to provide HIV prevention programs in Uganda and Zambia.

Dec 1, 2014 / Andy Kopsa

Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’

Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’ Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’

Even as activists are organizing against police violence, many Americans continue to see blacks as criminals—and want our police to act accordingly.

Nov 29, 2014 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

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