For Black Boys, the NFL—and Traumatic Brain Injury—Can Be Lottery Tickets For Black Boys, the NFL—and Traumatic Brain Injury—Can Be Lottery Tickets
What’s a little permanent brain damage when you’re facing a life of debilitating poverty?
Jan 28, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Pro-Rights, Pro-Freedom, Pro-Liberty: What Comes After ‘Pro-Choice’? Pro-Rights, Pro-Freedom, Pro-Liberty: What Comes After ‘Pro-Choice’?
Katha’s readers respond to her column on Planned Parenthood’s move away from the label “pro-choice.”
Jan 28, 2013 / Katha Pollitt
Hell Isle Hell Isle
A group of libertarian investors wants to turn Detroit’s Belle Isle into a private city-state with its own laws, customs and currency.
Jan 28, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Locked Into a Climate Crisis Locked Into a Climate Crisis
We will continue to call for climate justice—because the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice, and because we have no other choice.
Jan 28, 2013 / StudentNation / Alli Welton and StudentNation
Counting Down to 2014 in Afghanistan Counting Down to 2014 in Afghanistan
The US has three lousy options with Afghanistan. Pick one.
Jan 28, 2013 / Ann Jones
Is Federal Education Policy Racially Discriminatory? Is Federal Education Policy Racially Discriminatory?
Who ends up being most affected by urban schools closings?
Jan 28, 2013 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Colby Students Call for Divestment Colby Students Call for Divestment
Colby, with its biomass plant and its pledge to be carbon neutral by 2015, is a leader in sustainability. C.A.R.E. believes that Colby should divest from fossil fuels as part of it...
Jan 28, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
One in Six Philadelphia Public Schools Is Targeted For Closure One in Six Philadelphia Public Schools Is Targeted For Closure
Philadelphia students, teachers and allies—including a majority of City Council members—are pushing back against the district's proposed closing of thirty-seven sch...
Jan 28, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Priebus Is What Happens When a Party Loses Its Self-Respect Priebus Is What Happens When a Party Loses Its Self-Respect
The Republican National Committee votes to retain its chairman, whose plan to renew the party is… cheating.
Jan 28, 2013 / John Nichols
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From a Dream to Racial Justice: Seattle’s Racial Justice Initiative [VIDEO] From a Dream to Racial Justice: Seattle’s Racial Justice Initiative [VIDEO]
Seattle’s one-of-a-kind city program holds all public officials accountable for racial equity.
Jan 28, 2013 / Laura Flanders