The Heroes of Super Bowl Sunday The Heroes of Super Bowl Sunday
My Super Bowl heroes were outside, not inside, the stadium.
Feb 6, 2012 / Dave Zirin
The United States Should Stay Out of Syria The United States Should Stay Out of Syria
Backing one side in a Syrian civil war? Not a good idea.
Feb 6, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Real Change Must Come From Real People Katrina vanden Heuvel: Real Change Must Come From Real People
The Occupy movement has called for the dismantling and rebuiliding of a corrupt system. What elements are necessary to effect such change?
Feb 6, 2012 / Press Room
Lyric Nation: Three Poems by Osip Mandelstam Lyric Nation: Three Poems by Osip Mandelstam
"Black Candle," "Leningrad," "And I Was Alive"
Feb 6, 2012 / Christian Wiman
Two Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, Women Are Still Shattered by Sexual Exploitation Two Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, Women Are Still Shattered by Sexual Exploitation
A crisis of gender-based violence is festering--and foreign aid efforts are still failing to protect women from harm.
Feb 6, 2012 / Michelle Chen
Freshman Pens Petition To Rid NYU Of Homophobic Chick-fil-A Freshman Pens Petition To Rid NYU Of Homophobic Chick-fil-A
A student felt compelled to take action because she saw a vast disconnect between the ideals of NYU and Chick-fil-A.
Feb 6, 2012 / StudentNation / Ashley D’Arcy
What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations
More than a quarter of African-Americans live in poverty. During Black History Month, we should speak truthfully about the economic legacy that drives this inequality.
Feb 6, 2012 / Sean Thomas-Breitfeld
Kicking Down the World’s Door Kicking Down the World’s Door
How drones, special operations forces and the US Navy plan to end national sovereignty as we know it.
Feb 6, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Chrysler Super Bowl Ad Edits Out Wisconsin Union Signs Chrysler Super Bowl Ad Edits Out Wisconsin Union Signs
Clint Eastwood talked up American workers in a moving Super Bowl ad, but images from Madison protests were altered to leave out teachers' union signs.
Feb 6, 2012 / John Nichols
The Futility of the Afghan War The Futility of the Afghan War
Lots of killing, but no progress.
Feb 5, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss