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US Condemnation of Press Restrictions Abroad Is Starting to Look Hypocritical

US Condemnation of Press Restrictions Abroad Is Starting to Look Hypocritical US Condemnation of Press Restrictions Abroad Is Starting to Look Hypocritical

Here at home, those charged with protecting our press freedom are endangering it instead. 

Aug 27, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Girls Speak Out Against Sexist School Dress Codes

Girls Speak Out Against Sexist School Dress Codes Girls Speak Out Against Sexist School Dress Codes

Young women are fed up with being pressured to curate their appearance and, by extension, others’ potentially lecherous thoughts about them. They’re fighting back.

Aug 27, 2014 / StudentNation / Cecilia D’Anastasio and StudentNation

The Police Violence We Aren’t Talking About

The Police Violence We Aren’t Talking About The Police Violence We Aren’t Talking About

Sexual assault is a persistent problem within police departments.

Aug 27, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

The Assassinating of Native American Voices by the Cowards Palin, Ditka and Snyder

The Assassinating of Native American Voices by the Cowards Palin, Ditka and Snyder The Assassinating of Native American Voices by the Cowards Palin, Ditka and Snyder

Sarah Palin’s screed against those who oppose the Washington football team name has something in common with that of the owner Dan Snyder: it pretends Native Americans do not exist...

Aug 27, 2014 / Dave Zirin

We’re Living in a Golden Age of Investigative Journalism

We’re Living in a Golden Age of Investigative Journalism We’re Living in a Golden Age of Investigative Journalism

Newspapers in America may be closing up shop, but muckrakers around the world are holding corrupt officials and corporate cronies accountable like never before.

Aug 26, 2014 / Anya Schiffrin

‘Approved Responses to the Civil Unrest in Ferguson’

‘Approved Responses to the Civil Unrest in Ferguson’ ‘Approved Responses to the Civil Unrest in Ferguson’

A step-by-step guide from your friends at the Ferguson Police Department.

Aug 26, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

Exclusive Video: This Is How Police Treated Residents of the Apartment Complex Where Michael Brown Was Killed

Exclusive Video: This Is How Police Treated Residents of the Apartment Complex Where Michael Brown Was Killed Exclusive Video: This Is How Police Treated Residents of the Apartment Complex Where Michael Brown Was Killed

A previously unreleased cell-phone video captures a tense moment in the Ferguson neighborhood where Michael Brown died.

Aug 25, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Without Parents or Lawyers, Thousands of Children Brave Chaos of Immigration Courts Alone

Without Parents or Lawyers, Thousands of Children Brave Chaos of Immigration Courts Alone Without Parents or Lawyers, Thousands of Children Brave Chaos of Immigration Courts Alone

An overwhelmed system struggles to meet President Obama’s order to fast-track deportation hearings on 62,000 lone child migrants.

Aug 25, 2014 / Karen Houppert

On the Little League World Series, Jackie Robinson West and Michael Brown

On the Little League World Series, Jackie Robinson West and Michael Brown On the Little League World Series, Jackie Robinson West and Michael Brown

The rise of the all African-American little league from Chicago has revealed a great deal in the wake of Ferguson, about what we choose to see and not see with regards to race.

Aug 24, 2014 / Dave Zirin

The File This Time

The File This Time The File This Time

An excerpt from Victor Navasky's The O'Dell File reveals the story of the civil rights movement's 'unsung hero' who has been wrongly written out of the pages of...

Aug 24, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

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