Study: Most of the Innocent People Sentenced to Death Have Not Been Exonerated Study: Most of the Innocent People Sentenced to Death Have Not Been Exonerated
Researchers found that about one in twenty-five of people sentenced to death are likely innocent.
Apr 29, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power
The Justice’s dissent in the Michigan college admissions case identified an enduring element of white supremacy clinging to our democracy.
Apr 29, 2014 / William Greider
1968 Olympian John Carlos Says the NBA Should Seize Donald Sterling’s Team 1968 Olympian John Carlos Says the NBA Should Seize Donald Sterling’s Team
John Carlos has some strong feelings about what fans, players and NBA owners should do about Donald Sterling.
Apr 29, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Smitten With Our Smartphones Smitten With Our Smartphones
There must be some reason why we're hopelessly devoted to our Androids and iPhones.
Apr 29, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism
The embattled basketball team owner broke the rules of how one should go about being racist in America.
Apr 28, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
When Acceptance Just Isn’t Acceptable: Netanyahu’s Denial of Holocaust Acceptance When Acceptance Just Isn’t Acceptable: Netanyahu’s Denial of Holocaust Acceptance
Answering statements of Holocaust acceptance with denial is becoming a Netanyahu trademark.
Apr 28, 2014 / Eli Clifton
How New York’s Taxi Drivers Lost Their Health Insurance Fund How New York’s Taxi Drivers Lost Their Health Insurance Fund
The impasse facing the TWA healthcare program stems from the taxi workforce’s structural exclusion from labor protections
Apr 28, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Washington University Sit-In Against Peabody Enters Historic Third Week Washington University Sit-In Against Peabody Enters Historic Third Week
Every day that the Washington University chancellor fails to answer questions and demands for the university to cut ties with the energy giant, he and his university remain on the ...
Apr 28, 2014 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers and StudentNation
Russia Sabotages the Geneva Ukraine Accord, but New Sanctions Won’t Help Russia Sabotages the Geneva Ukraine Accord, but New Sanctions Won’t Help
And expanding or strengthening NATO will make things worse.
Apr 28, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Abu Ghraib: A Torture Story Without a Hero or an Ending Abu Ghraib: A Torture Story Without a Hero or an Ending
Despite all evidence to the contrary, many Americans continue to believe that brutality, torture and rank illegality is the road to national safety.
Apr 28, 2014 / Karen J. Greenberg