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We’re Going to Be Talking About Reparations This Year

We’re Going to Be Talking About Reparations This Year We’re Going to Be Talking About Reparations This Year

The labor of generations of black bodies has created massive amounts of wealth for everyone but the people whose work was exploited. And we’ve continued to suffer the consequ...

May 16, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

The Fast-Food Worker Movement Has Gone Global

The Fast-Food Worker Movement Has Gone Global The Fast-Food Worker Movement Has Gone Global

In a show of international solidarity, scores of fast food workers in about thirty countries walked off the job to push for improved working conditions and higher wages.

May 16, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Critical Condition Critical Condition

Taking the measure of crossword commenters

May 15, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Jill Abramson Was Right

Jill Abramson Was Right Jill Abramson Was Right

The former Times executive editor seems to have been pushed out for defending fundamental journalistic principles. 

May 15, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg

Impossible Choices: Fast-Food Workers Explain Why They’re Striking

Impossible Choices: Fast-Food Workers Explain Why They’re Striking Impossible Choices: Fast-Food Workers Explain Why They’re Striking

The campaign for higher wages in the fast food industry goes global. 

May 15, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Next Week, Alabama’s Backdoor Abortion Ban Goes on Trial

Next Week, Alabama’s Backdoor Abortion Ban Goes on Trial Next Week, Alabama’s Backdoor Abortion Ban Goes on Trial

Three of the state’s five clinics may have to close their doors. Here’s what’s at stake.

May 15, 2014 / Dani McClain

Terror and Impunity in Kashmir

Terror and Impunity in Kashmir Terror and Impunity in Kashmir

Violence against civilians is endemic in Indian Kashmir, where activists are fighting back against a culture of official impunity.

May 15, 2014 / Shubh Mathur and Foreign Policy In Focus

‘There Will Be No World Cup’: Brazil on the Brink

‘There Will Be No World Cup’: Brazil on the Brink ‘There Will Be No World Cup’: Brazil on the Brink

The World Cup is rapidly coming to Brazil. The protests are already there.

May 15, 2014 / Dave Zirin

How ‘Benghazi’ Birthed the New Normal in Africa

How ‘Benghazi’ Birthed the New Normal in Africa How ‘Benghazi’ Birthed the New Normal in Africa

Each crisis, from Benghazi to the Boko Haram kidnappings, has provided further US justification for a military expansion that’s been underway for years.

May 15, 2014 / Nick Turse

Watch Eric Holder Blast the ‘Excessive’ Use of Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities

Watch Eric Holder Blast the ‘Excessive’ Use of Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities Watch Eric Holder Blast the ‘Excessive’ Use of Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities

International organizations have said the seclusion of youth in custody amounts to torture.

May 15, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

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