Will DOJ Intervention Improve Policing in Ferguson? Will DOJ Intervention Improve Policing in Ferguson?
There’s debate over whether federal government involvement will make a difference in Ferguson. Cincinnati, site of a police shooting in 2002, offers clues on how to address r...
Sep 12, 2014 / Dani McClain
How James Brown Saved CBS’s Pre-Game-Show-From-Hell How James Brown Saved CBS’s Pre-Game-Show-From-Hell
In a speech for the ages, CBS sports broadcaster James Brown stands up to toxic masculinity.
Sep 12, 2014 / Dave Zirin
What More Will It Take to Arrest Darren Wilson? What More Will It Take to Arrest Darren Wilson?
New witnesses to the Michael Brown killing say he had his hands up when he was shot by police.
Sep 11, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Is the War on ISIS Illegal? Is the War on ISIS Illegal?
The Obama administration’s legal justification for expanding military action in Iraq and Syria is hypocritical and based on tenuous logic.
Sep 11, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Overturned Death Penalty Conviction Sparks Debate in North Carolina Overturned Death Penalty Conviction Sparks Debate in North Carolina
The release of a wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate has opened up a bipartisan conversation around punitive justice in North Carolina.
Sep 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Of Optics and Objectivity: How Journalism Is Failing Our Democracy Of Optics and Objectivity: How Journalism Is Failing Our Democracy
Eric on "The Beatles in Mono" and Reed on how the emphasis on optics skews our democratic priorities.
Sep 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
‘Erase the Tapes!’: The Beginning of the End for Roger Goodell ‘Erase the Tapes!’: The Beginning of the End for Roger Goodell
Has Roger Goodell been lying about whether or not anyone in his office had access to the elevator videotape of Ray Rice's assault of Janay Rice? A bombshell report by the AP ma...
Sep 10, 2014 / Dave Zirin
In Covering Obama’s ISIS Speech, Can the Media Move Beyond ‘Optics’? In Covering Obama’s ISIS Speech, Can the Media Move Beyond ‘Optics’?
Does it matter what necktie you wear when you declare war?
Sep 10, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Beyond Janay Rice: Lessons From a State Where Domestic Violence Runs Rampant Beyond Janay Rice: Lessons From a State Where Domestic Violence Runs Rampant
An in-depth look at a South Carolina report on domestic violence is at the center of a national conversation.
Sep 10, 2014 / Dani McClain
With the Wages That Have Been Stolen From Them, Apple Factory Workers Could Buy 1,460 iPhone 6s a Month With the Wages That Have Been Stolen From Them, Apple Factory Workers Could Buy 1,460 iPhone 6s a Month
While the tech world fawns over the new iPhone 6, labor abuses abound at an Apple factory in China.
Sep 10, 2014 / Michelle Chen