They Need Him, So Why Was Michael Sam Cut From the Dallas Cowboys? They Need Him, So Why Was Michael Sam Cut From the Dallas Cowboys?
Michael Sam’s efforts to become the first openly gay player in NFL history took a massive hit on Tuesday, with news that he was being cut from the Dallas Cowboys.
Oct 22, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Exclusive Excerpt: How Pro-Choicers Can Take Back the Moral High Ground Exclusive Excerpt: How Pro-Choicers Can Take Back the Moral High Ground
It’s time to claim abortion rights as a social good.
Oct 21, 2014 / Feature / Katha Pollitt
How Mitch McConnell Is Bending Every Last Campaign Finance Rule How Mitch McConnell Is Bending Every Last Campaign Finance Rule
Post–Citizens United, candidates aren’t supposed to coordinate with “outside” spending groups—but even that minimal restriction isn’t being enforced.
The Tar Sands Pipeline of Politics The Tar Sands Pipeline of Politics
Corporations have directed a gusher of money to climate-change deniers in Congress.
Oct 21, 2014 / Feature / Steve Brodner
Will Catalonia Secede From Spain? Will Catalonia Secede From Spain?
Catalans are fed up with Madrid’s austerity and corruption—making November’s referendum nonbinding has only postponed the confrontation.
Oct 21, 2014 / Feature / Andy Robinson
Comix Nation Comix Nation
Oct 21, 2014 / Jen Sorensen
Snapshot: Breaking Through the Storm Snapshot: Breaking Through the Storm
A Kurd displays a victory sign at a refugee camp in southeastern Turkey, where tens of thousands have fled the intense fighting in Kobani, Syria. In addition to aerial bombardment, US military planes dropped medical gear, weapons and ammunition for Kurdish fighters fending off a prolonged siege by ISIS fighters.
Oct 21, 2014 / Kai Pfaffenbach
Poly, NYU’s Latest Global Venture in Building ‘Innovation’ on the Backs of Low-wage Workers Poly, NYU’s Latest Global Venture in Building ‘Innovation’ on the Backs of Low-wage Workers
NYU’s Polytechnic School of Engineering or “Poly” facilitates innovation through exploitation of graduate student labor.
Oct 21, 2014 / StudentNation / Lily Defriend, Gisselle Cunningham, and StudentNation
Should Chuck Todd Be ‘Disqualified’ for Saying the Midterm Elections Don’t Matter? Should Chuck Todd Be ‘Disqualified’ for Saying the Midterm Elections Don’t Matter?
Should the guy moderating a Senate election debate think that the midterm Senate elections are important?
Oct 21, 2014 / Leslie Savan
‘With This Madness, What Art Could There Be?’ ‘With This Madness, What Art Could There Be?’
An Armenian-American writer asks if the Armenian obsession with genocide recognition is worth its emotional and psychological price.
Oct 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Meline Toumani