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The Gun Policy Debate in Four Sentences The Gun Policy Debate in Four Sentences

Another day, another shooting

Sep 1, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Wedding chairs

Feminism Does Not Depend on Whether You Take Your Husband’s Name Feminism Does Not Depend on Whether You Take Your Husband’s Name

Changing your name is not a feminist act. At the same time, you have not betrayed feminism if you change your name.

Aug 31, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

The Trailer for ‘Concussion’ Should Give Roger Goodell Night Sweats

The Trailer for ‘Concussion’ Should Give Roger Goodell Night Sweats The Trailer for ‘Concussion’ Should Give Roger Goodell Night Sweats

The forthcoming film Concussion, starring Will Smith, is coming for the NFL.

Aug 31, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Students Protest BLM

What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy

On the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking history, Hammer and Hoe, author Robin D.G. Kelley discusses the lessons Alabama’s forgotten black communists can offer today’s activis...

Aug 31, 2015 / Sarah Jaffe

Iran Nuclear Deal Celebrations

After the Iran Deal: How to Make the Most of the Next 15 Years After the Iran Deal: How to Make the Most of the Next 15 Years

If the US wants to make the Iran deal stick, we have to face up to our broken nuclear promises.

Aug 31, 2015 / Alice Slater

This Labor Ruling Could Give a Big Boost to the Fight For 15

This Labor Ruling Could Give a Big Boost to the Fight For 15 This Labor Ruling Could Give a Big Boost to the Fight For 15

The National Labor Relations Board just gave “outsourced” workers a new tool to hold employers accountable.

Aug 31, 2015 / Michelle Chen

New Orleans Public Housing

Former Residents of New Orleans’s Demolished Housing Projects Tell Their Stories Former Residents of New Orleans’s Demolished Housing Projects Tell Their Stories

When public housing was demolished post-Katrina, black women were especially hard hit. A new report examines what their lives look like now.

Aug 28, 2015 / Dani McClain

Drew Brees

The Saints Did Not Save New Orleans The Saints Did Not Save New Orleans

The team has had nearly as tumultuous a decade as the city itself, a reflection of how New Orleans has changed.

Aug 28, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Salon workers protest

The Price of a Manicure Just Went Up for Bad Bosses The Price of a Manicure Just Went Up for Bad Bosses

New York state has passed new protections for the salon industry’s most precarious workers.

Aug 28, 2015 / Michelle Chen

August 28, 1963: The March on Washington

August 28, 1963: The March on Washington August 28, 1963: The March on Washington

“After the civil-rights issue has been won, as it will be—that is, after all legally sanctioned forms of Jim Crow discrimination have been removed—what then?”

Aug 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

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