Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods
But for the first time in 60 years, a sports megastructure will not dominate Atlanta’s skyline south of Downtown. Can activists help make the area livable again?
Sep 3, 2015 / Daniel Judt
Age of the Unicorn: How the Fed Tried to Fix the Recession, and Created the Tech Bubble Age of the Unicorn: How the Fed Tried to Fix the Recession, and Created the Tech Bubble
The number of “unicorn” tech companies is increasing dramatically—but the bubble will burst eventually.
Sep 3, 2015 / Doug Henwood
Why a Criminal Record Shouldn’t Disqualify Someone From Public Assistance Why a Criminal Record Shouldn’t Disqualify Someone From Public Assistance
No one should go hungry for a crime that they have already served time for.
Sep 2, 2015 / Rosie Flores
The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’ The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’
The hacked Sony e-mails seem to show that the Concussion film is compromised. But that would be wrong.
Sep 2, 2015 / Dave Zirin
The Rebellion Against Standardized Tests Is Exploding The Rebellion Against Standardized Tests Is Exploding
But New York State is cracking down on “opting out.”
Sep 2, 2015 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
Did the Violent Protests in Kiev Mark the Beginning of the End of the ‘Maidan Revolution’? Did the Violent Protests in Kiev Mark the Beginning of the End of the ‘Maidan Revolution’?
As well as Washington’s ‘Ukrainian project’?
Sep 2, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
A Retelling: The Clubwomen A Retelling: The Clubwomen
A writer reflects on her grandmothers’ struggles with progress and peril in a changing America.
Sep 2, 2015 / Margo Jefferson
US Special Forces May Have Gone On a Murder Spree in Afghanistan—Did the Army Cover It Up? US Special Forces May Have Gone On a Murder Spree in Afghanistan—Did the Army Cover It Up?
Exclusive video: “I saw with my own eyes that they killed people.”
Sep 2, 2015 / Matthieu Aikins
Historians of Color Are Revolutionizing the Narrative of ‘American Exceptionalism’ Historians of Color Are Revolutionizing the Narrative of ‘American Exceptionalism’
For too long, we have looked in the wrong place and race for the genesis of our national story.
Sep 1, 2015 / David Levering Lewis
This Is What Greece’s Refugee Crisis Really Looks Like This Is What Greece’s Refugee Crisis Really Looks Like
“Thanks to God I have made it here. I am free, I am alive!”
Sep 1, 2015 / Jesse Rosenfeld