Tech Workers Chafe at India’s Neoliberal Ascent Tech Workers Chafe at India’s Neoliberal Ascent
The real tech revolution may not be in Silicon Valley but at a Nokia factory outside Chennai.
Dec 29, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Bill de Blasio Is Not the First New York City Mayor to Clash With Police Unions Bill de Blasio Is Not the First New York City Mayor to Clash With Police Unions
Mayors Fiorello La Guardia, John Lindsay and Rudy Giuliani all survived clashes with the PBA. Bill de Blasio will too.
Dec 28, 2014 / John Nichols
Lesson Learned: High School Hoops Team Disinvited From Tournament Over ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Shirts Lesson Learned: High School Hoops Team Disinvited From Tournament Over ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Shirts
The Mendocino high school basketball teams are learning an ugly lesson in the boundaries of free speech.
Dec 27, 2014 / Dave Zirin
It’s Time to Bring Domestic Violence Survivors Like Barbara Sheehan Home From Prison It’s Time to Bring Domestic Violence Survivors Like Barbara Sheehan Home From Prison
As governors mull clemency, battered women should be at the top of the list.
Dec 24, 2014 / Victoria Law
Dickens Was Right: the Real War on Christmas Is the War on the Poor Dickens Was Right: the Real War on Christmas Is the War on the Poor
A Dickensian year when food stamps were cut and bankers got everything they wanted
Dec 24, 2014 / John Nichols
Stop Blaming Protests for Police Killings Stop Blaming Protests for Police Killings
While New York City mourns, political opportunists point fingers—but we should really be talking about reforms that would keep everyone safe.
Dec 23, 2014 / The Editors
What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Police? What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Police?
Apparently, to criticize the police is to be anti-police. But if I call and point out that the swings in the playground are broken, am I anti-parks?
Dec 23, 2014 / Alex S. Vitale
A Great Newspaper’s Shame A Great Newspaper’s Shame
Why is the political coverage in The New York Times so lame?
Dec 23, 2014 / Column / Eric Alterman
Social Movements Didn’t Kill the NYPD Officers. A Man With Untreated Mental Illness and a Gun Did. Social Movements Didn’t Kill the NYPD Officers. A Man With Untreated Mental Illness and a Gun Did.
From Bill de Blasio to Eric Holder to Barack Obama to #BlackLivesMatter, right-wing pundits are blaming everyone and everything but the obvious.
Dec 23, 2014 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Why Is No One Talking About the NYPD Shooter’s Other Target? Why Is No One Talking About the NYPD Shooter’s Other Target?
Before Ismaaiyl Brinsley killed two police officers, he shot Shaneka Thompson. That matters more than law enforcement’s blame game.
Dec 23, 2014 / Dani McClain