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The NCAA: Poster Boy for Corruption and Exploitation

The NCAA: Poster Boy for Corruption and Exploitation The NCAA: Poster Boy for Corruption and Exploitation

The annual hoops hysteria known as March Madness generates a tidal wave of revenue—but the players don’t receive a dime of it.

Mar 12, 2013 / Feature / Dave Zirin

Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope

Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope

When you argue that it’s impossible to stop rape, what you’re really saying is, I don’t care enough to do anything about it.

Mar 12, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

Native Americans Are Not Munchkins: An Open Letter to Michelle Williams

Native Americans Are Not Munchkins: An Open Letter to Michelle Williams Native Americans Are Not Munchkins: An Open Letter to Michelle Williams

For Native Americans, there's no place like home—especially when offensive imagery and racist policies threaten to take it away. 

Mar 12, 2013 / Aura Bogado

The Conquest of Nature, and What We’ve Lost

The Conquest of Nature, and What We’ve Lost The Conquest of Nature, and What We’ve Lost

Are our relations with the animal world going the way of the great auk?

Mar 12, 2013 / Lewis Lapham

Israel: Where Soccer Fans Boo Their Own Players When They Score

Israel: Where Soccer Fans Boo Their Own Players When They Score Israel: Where Soccer Fans Boo Their Own Players When They Score

Hundreds of Israeli soccer fans couldn't stomach the sight of a Muslim player scoring for their own team.

Mar 11, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Maple Spring Part Deux?

Maple Spring Part Deux? Maple Spring Part Deux?

What's next for Quebec's student movement?

Mar 11, 2013 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell and StudentNation

This Week: Moving Feminism Forward This Week: Moving Feminism Forward

We’ve come a long way, but we’ve a long way to go in progress for women’s rights.

Mar 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

On IWD, Protect Funding for VAWA

On IWD, Protect Funding for VAWA On IWD, Protect Funding for VAWA

Tell your representatives that domestic violence victims cannot be used as bargaining chips. Demand that any deal to avert the sequester restores full funding to VAWA programs.

Mar 8, 2013 / NationAction

What ‘Oz’ Owes To Early Radical Feminism

What ‘Oz’ Owes To Early Radical Feminism What ‘Oz’ Owes To Early Radical Feminism

No joke: Much of Oz’s matriarchal leanings come straight from a radical American feminist.

Mar 8, 2013 / Michelle Dean

Afghan Women Face the Future

Afghan Women Face the Future Afghan Women Face the Future

As the US withdrawal looms, women’s rights advocates plan to carry on their fierce, lonely fight.

Mar 8, 2013 / Feature / Ann Jones

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