Society

Phyllis Schlafy

What Phyllis Schlafly Might Have Been, if It Weren’t for Women Like Phyllis Schlafly What Phyllis Schlafly Might Have Been, if It Weren’t for Women Like Phyllis Schlafly

The great defender of traditional domesticity was a whirling dervish of professional activity.

Sep 6, 2016 / Katha Pollitt

Laos Unexploded Bombs

The Heroes Behind Obama’s Historic Announcement in Laos The Heroes Behind Obama’s Historic Announcement in Laos

The United States will devote $90 million to finding and disposing of 50-year-old unexploded bombs.

Sep 6, 2016 / John Cavanagh

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What the 21st Century Has Done to Our News What the 21st Century Has Done to Our News

Thanks, Twitter.

Sep 6, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Megan Rapinoe

This Is What Solidarity Looks Like: Why Soccer-Star Megan Rapinoe Stands With Colin Kaepernick  This Is What Solidarity Looks Like: Why Soccer-Star Megan Rapinoe Stands With Colin Kaepernick 

The US Women’s National Team star said, “It’s important to have white people stand in support of people of color.”

Sep 6, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Classes Start at LIU Brooklyn on September 7—but Faculty Are Locked Out

Classes Start at LIU Brooklyn on September 7—but Faculty Are Locked Out Classes Start at LIU Brooklyn on September 7—but Faculty Are Locked Out

Amid a contract dispute, the administration barred professors from coming to campus.

Sep 4, 2016 / Deb Schwartz

Colin Kaepernick

An Alternate National Anthem An Alternate National Anthem

If you burn Colin Kaepernick’s jersey and love Muhammad Ali, you might be a hypocrite. So heres something we can all sing.

Sep 2, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan

Colin Kaepernick Protest Sign

Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Has Nothing to Do With the Military Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Has Nothing to Do With the Military

The military doesn’t “give” us the right to protest. The Constitution does.

Sep 2, 2016 / Dave Zirin

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The Obama Administration Continues Pulling Away From Private Prison Companies The Obama Administration Continues Pulling Away From Private Prison Companies

Homeland Security launches a review of private detention centers, weeks after DOJ began closing its own facilities.

Sep 2, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

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The Burkini Ban Represents Everything That Is Wrong About France’s Approach to Minorities The Burkini Ban Represents Everything That Is Wrong About France’s Approach to Minorities

The country’s militant secularism treats otherness as a temporary phase on the road to assimilation.

Sep 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Cuomo looking angry, de Blasio trying to talk to him

Andrew Cuomo’s Fragile Masculinity Andrew Cuomo’s Fragile Masculinity

His macho paternalism won't solve New York's problems.

Sep 2, 2016 / Alexis Grenell

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