On Racism and Sexism, Don’t Let Progress Be the Enemy of More Progress On Racism and Sexism, Don’t Let Progress Be the Enemy of More Progress
Ta-Nehisi Coates's detractors are too quick to declare him overly pessimistic about how white supremacy still shapes our society.
Apr 1, 2014 / Bryce Covert
Q&A with Ryan Branagan of Northeastern’s Students for Justice in Palestine Q&A with Ryan Branagan of Northeastern’s Students for Justice in Palestine
Northeastern University's decision to suspend Northeastern's SJP provoked a response that spread outside the university's borders.
Apr 1, 2014 / StudentNation / Keegan O’Brien and StudentNation
Good News! Janet Yellen Speaks English, Not Fedspeak Good News! Janet Yellen Speaks English, Not Fedspeak
The new Fed chair came out in strong support of working families and the unemployed in her foundational speech this week.
Apr 1, 2014 / William Greider
Ralph Nader on the GM Scandal: ‘Detroit has Washington Pretty Greased’ Ralph Nader on the GM Scandal: ‘Detroit has Washington Pretty Greased’
FIfty-five years after the consumer rights advocate published his first article ridiculing the auto industry for negligence, Congress is investigating another scandal.
Apr 1, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Dan Snyder’s Anti-Public Relations and #CancelColbert Dan Snyder’s Anti-Public Relations and #CancelColbert
We should not assume the #CancelColbert hashtag let Dan Snyder off the hook.
Apr 1, 2014 / Dave Zirin
We Are Now in the Terminal Stage of Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction We Are Now in the Terminal Stage of Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction
Senior politicians in both parties have become so intoxicated by the idea of an American surge in energy production that they have lost their senses.
Apr 1, 2014 / Michael T. Klare
Why Obamacare Must Always Be Failing in the Right-Wing Media Why Obamacare Must Always Be Failing in the Right-Wing Media
Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on Obamacare and the right-wing media.
Apr 1, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Mississippi Grants Death Row Inmate Michelle Byrom a New Trial Mississippi Grants Death Row Inmate Michelle Byrom a New Trial
The State Supreme Court decision reverses Byrom's capital murder conviction for conspiring to kill her husband, a crime her son confessed to.
Apr 1, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Beneath Our Facade of Rationality Beneath Our Facade of Rationality
There’s always a cauldron of crazy simmering just beneath the surface of our ‘rational’ lives.
Apr 1, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Voters See Criminality and Nepotism as the Price of Effective Governance in India Voters See Criminality and Nepotism as the Price of Effective Governance in India
When Indians go to the polls starting April 7th, the country’s system of democracy will be at risk.
Apr 1, 2014 / Barbara Crossette