Society

Washington football team owner Dan Snyder

The Confederate Flag, the Washington Football Team, and the Owners Who Love Them The Confederate Flag, the Washington Football Team, and the Owners Who Love Them

If the Confederate flag is seen as poisonous, then products bearing the Washington football team name should be regarded in similar fashion.

Jun 24, 2015 / Dave Zirin

‘Orange Is the New Black’ Is Dead Wrong About Disability

‘Orange Is the New Black’ Is Dead Wrong About Disability ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Is Dead Wrong About Disability

Media portrayals that reinforce negative stereotypes about social programs and the individuals helped by them sow the seeds for damaging cuts.

Jun 24, 2015 / Rebecca Vallas

Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him

Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him

Inevitability is just about the only thing animating Jindal’s presidential bid.

Jun 24, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Congressional Democrats Introduce Ambitious New Bill to Restore the Voting Rights Act

Congressional Democrats Introduce Ambitious New Bill to Restore the Voting Rights Act Congressional Democrats Introduce Ambitious New Bill to Restore the Voting Rights Act

Two years ago, the Supreme Court gutted the VRA. Senator Patrick Leahy and Congressman John Lewis have a plan to fix that.

Jun 24, 2015 / Ari Berman

Dylann Roof

A History of Hate Rock From Johnny Rebel to Dylann Roof A History of Hate Rock From Johnny Rebel to Dylann Roof

One of the most powerful tools white power groups use to spread their ideology to young people is music.

Jun 23, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Blackness as Being, Whiteness as Nothingness

Blackness as Being, Whiteness as Nothingness Blackness as Being, Whiteness as Nothingness

Nell Painter and Herman Melville on American racism as existentialism.

Jun 23, 2015 / Greg Grandin

Ferguson Police

The Greatest Threats to American National Security Are Guns and the Police The Greatest Threats to American National Security Are Guns and the Police

When toddler killings outpace terror killings in the United States, the biggest problem is not jihad.

Jun 23, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

Pope Francis Versus Wall Street

Pope Francis Versus Wall Street Pope Francis Versus Wall Street

The pope's encyclical on climate change is a call for economic justice.

Jun 23, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The True Story of a Texas Prison Riot

The True Story of a Texas Prison Riot The True Story of a Texas Prison Riot

And how our rush to lock up immigrants has overwhelmed the federal prison system.

Jun 23, 2015 / Investigation / Seth Freed Wessler

Dylann Roof

The 2 Degrees of Separation Between Dylann Roof and the Republican Party The 2 Degrees of Separation Between Dylann Roof and the Republican Party

The Council of Conservative Citizens, which helped inspire Roof’s rampage, condemns the killings but says he had ‘legitimate grievances’.

Jun 22, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

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