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Why 2014 Will Be Remembered as the Year the Sports World Turned Upside Down Why 2014 Will Be Remembered as the Year the Sports World Turned Upside Down

As the year closes, the bosses of the sports world find themselves bruised, battered and in altogether dire straits.

Dec 29, 2014 / Dave Zirin

Tech Workers Chafe at India’s Neoliberal Ascent

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 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 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 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 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 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? 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 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. 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

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