Society

Who Can Change the American University?

Who Can Change the American University? Who Can Change the American University?

Many professors won’t support their students who are protesting campus racism—even when they want to.

Mar 29, 2016 / Eve Dunbar

The US Wants to Deport This Palestinian—but First It’d Have to Recognize Palestine

The US Wants to Deport This Palestinian—but First It’d Have to Recognize Palestine The US Wants to Deport This Palestinian—but First It’d Have to Recognize Palestine

Officially “stateless” in the eyes of the US government, Hisham Shaban Ghalia has ground the mechanisms of deportation to a halt.

Mar 28, 2016 / John Washington

Donald Trump

Don’t Blame It All on Donald Trump Don’t Blame It All on Donald Trump

To treat Trump’s candidacy as an anomaly is to overlook the system that gave birth to it.

Mar 28, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

52 Women Are Shot to Death by Their Husbands and Boyfriends Every Month in the US

52 Women Are Shot to Death by Their Husbands and Boyfriends Every Month in the US 52 Women Are Shot to Death by Their Husbands and Boyfriends Every Month in the US

That is unacceptable.

Mar 28, 2016 / Brave New Films

Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner Dies From ALS, the NFL Does Not Give a Damn Kevin Turner Dies From ALS, the NFL Does Not Give a Damn

Kevin Turner played in the National Football League for eight years. When he died, the NFL said nothing. They could have started by asking for forgiveness.

Mar 28, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Trump University

Documents Show Just How Suckered Students of the Trump Institute Felt Documents Show Just How Suckered Students of the Trump Institute Felt

Former students of Trump schools vent their rage and disbelief in newly revealed letters of complaint compiled by the Texas attorney general.

Mar 28, 2016 / Spencer Woodman

There Is No Truly Anti-Racist Presidential Candidate

There Is No Truly Anti-Racist Presidential Candidate There Is No Truly Anti-Racist Presidential Candidate

But once there are real consequences for not having an anti-racist platform, things will be different.

Mar 25, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith

The Ugly Fantasy at the Heart of Anti–Trans Bathroom Bills

The Ugly Fantasy at the Heart of Anti–Trans Bathroom Bills The Ugly Fantasy at the Heart of Anti–Trans Bathroom Bills

Do supporters of so-called “bathroom bills” want trans people to cease to exist altogether?

Mar 25, 2016 / Tobias Barrington Wolff

How North Carolina Is Discriminating Against Voters at the Polls

How North Carolina Is Discriminating Against Voters at the Polls How North Carolina Is Discriminating Against Voters at the Polls

The state’s new voter-ID law led to long lines and voter intimidation in the March primary.

Mar 25, 2016 / Ari Berman

David Hammons, Orange Is The New Black, 2014

David Hammons: The Private Public Artist David Hammons: The Private Public Artist

The staging of Hammons’s work at Mnuchin Gallery amounts to the punch line of a joke that has extended throughout his half-century career.

Mar 25, 2016 / Antwaun Sargent

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