Society

Big-Time Sports in the Big Apple

Big-Time Sports in the Big Apple Big-Time Sports in the Big Apple

Author Sean Deveney on Joe Namath and New York City in the 1960s.

Jan 9, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Trump ends TPS

Trump to 200,000 Salvadoran Immigrants: Drop Dead Trump to 200,000 Salvadoran Immigrants: Drop Dead

The end of Temporary Protected Status will be catastrophic for people who have made their homes here for nearly two decades.

Jan 8, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

Child at Trump protest

How Can I Prepare My Children to Grow Up in Trump’s America? How Can I Prepare My Children to Grow Up in Trump’s America?

I get breathless and sweaty thinking about what life will be like for my kids.

Jan 8, 2018 / Frida Berrigan

Atlanta’s new $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Donald Trump and College Football: A Match Made in Hell Donald Trump and College Football: A Match Made in Hell

Trump and the NCAA agree on the fundamentals: silencing black athletes and exploitation.

Jan 8, 2018 / Dave Zirin

France secularism

French Secularism Is in Crisis. What Does That Mean for Muslim Youth? French Secularism Is in Crisis. What Does That Mean for Muslim Youth?

Three years after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, students in the banlieues debate secularism and the state.

Jan 8, 2018 / Karina Piser

Nikki Haley Iran

Donald Trump and Nikki Haley Take Aim at the UN Human Rights Council Donald Trump and Nikki Haley Take Aim at the UN Human Rights Council

Haley has been voicing skepticism about the council’s value since her Senate confirmation hearing almost a year ago.

Jan 8, 2018 / Barbara Crossette

Aaron Maybin

Aaron Maybin Stands Up for Baltimore Students on the Brink Aaron Maybin Stands Up for Baltimore Students on the Brink

Palace intrigue makes for good copy. But real suffering takes place in its shadows.

Jan 5, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Trump

New Reporting Suggests the Trump Presidency Is Even Scarier and More Dysfunctional Than We Realized New Reporting Suggests the Trump Presidency Is Even Scarier and More Dysfunctional Than We Realized

The takeaway from the latest revelations is that a lot of Republicans who knew better have colluded—and still collude—to cover up Trump’s unfitness for office.

Jan 5, 2018 / Joan Walsh

Buttons opposing charter schools

Charter Schools Are Reshaping America’s Education System for the Worse Charter Schools Are Reshaping America’s Education System for the Worse

High faculty turnover, high student attrition, and booming funding are making charters into the perfect weapon to destroy our public school system.

Jan 4, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Ohio abortion-rights activists

Republicans Are Using Fear of Eugenics to Attack Reproductive Rights Republicans Are Using Fear of Eugenics to Attack Reproductive Rights

Cute kids with Down syndrome, like my son, should never be an excuse to deny access to an abortion.

Jan 4, 2018 / David M. Perry

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