Society

It’s Over: The NFL’s Union Referees Return to Work in Style It’s Over: The NFL’s Union Referees Return to Work in Style

The collective scorn finally punctured the owners' magical mental space, bringing them to the negotiating table to settle.

 

Sep 27, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Bad Lessons From ‘Won’t Back Down’ Bad Lessons From ‘Won’t Back Down’

A crude and hackneyed film, Won't Back Down peddles an improbable and deceptive message about schools and poverty.

Sep 26, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Dana Goldstein

A Human Rights Court Gives Torture the Green Light A Human Rights Court Gives Torture the Green Light

In refusing to block the extradition of terror suspects to the US, the European Court for Human Rights has condoned a brutal regimen of long-term solitary confinement.

Sep 26, 2012 / Jeanne Theoharis and Saskia Sassen

Blasphemy Is Good for You Blasphemy Is Good for You

What if the right to be a jerk is where freedom begins?

Sep 26, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A Tale of Two Zionisms: On Peter Beinart A Tale of Two Zionisms: On Peter Beinart

Why Israel’s purposes cannot be grasped only through the American Jewish experience.

Sep 26, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

Dave Zirin: The NFL Ref Lockout Highlights Class Problem in the US Dave Zirin: The NFL Ref Lockout Highlights Class Problem in the US

Commissioner Roger Goodell echoes the anti-labor rhetoric of Mitt Romney and Scott Walker.

Sep 26, 2012 / Press Room

Boykinism is the New McCarthyism Boykinism is the New McCarthyism

Despite the White House’s statements against Islamophobia, their failure to fire a hatemongering lieutenant tells a different story. 

Sep 25, 2012 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Where Crazy Conservative Memes Are Invented Where Crazy Conservative Memes Are Invented

The parallel universe of right-wing conspiracy e-mail smears.

Sep 25, 2012 / Ben Adler

Greg Kaufmann: ‘Some See Poverty as a Character Flaw, I See an Absence of Money’ Greg Kaufmann: ‘Some See Poverty as a Character Flaw, I See an Absence of Money’

Forty-six million Americans remain in poverty, but our presidential candidates only want to talk about the middle class.

Sep 25, 2012 / Press Room

A Gaffe Is When a Republican Tells the Truth A Gaffe Is When a Republican Tells the Truth

This campaign season has been extremely instructional—about what the Republican Party really thinks.

Sep 25, 2012 / Bryce Covert

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