Damien Hooper: The Sanctioning of an Anti-Racist Olympic Rebel Damien Hooper: The Sanctioning of an Anti-Racist Olympic Rebel
Damien Hooper dared break the no-politics rule at the Olympics and is paying a price.
Jul 31, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Lee Fang: It’s Not About the CEO, It’s That Chick-fil-A Supports Discrimination Lee Fang: It’s Not About the CEO, It’s That Chick-fil-A Supports Discrimination
A company that supports hate runs the risk of being told that it’s not welcome.
Jul 31, 2012 / Press Room
What a Dem Platform Endorsement of Marriage Equality Would Mean What a Dem Platform Endorsement of Marriage Equality Would Mean
A major party’s support of LGBT rights is progress that ought not to be underestimated.
Jul 31, 2012 / John Nichols
Mission Failure: Afghanistan Mission Failure: Afghanistan
A message written in blood that no one wants to hear.
Jul 31, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
The Real Reason Romney Went to Israel The Real Reason Romney Went to Israel
Republicans are supposedly trying to win over Jewish voters. They know that won’t happen. It’s all about evangelicals, and Florida.
Jul 31, 2012 / Ben Adler
Congressional Dems Move Forward on Gun Laws Congressional Dems Move Forward on Gun Laws
A key Democratic senator seems to be embracing a new party line on gun laws.
Jul 30, 2012 / George Zornick
Katha Pollitt: Women Aren’t Causing Inequality Katha Pollitt: Women Aren’t Causing Inequality
It’s time we retire the idea of single mothers as being the root of economic inequality, and marriage being some king of panacea for financial instability.
Jul 30, 2012 / Press Room
Will Women Get Pushed Off the Fiscal Cliff? Will Women Get Pushed Off the Fiscal Cliff?
Sequestration cuts will hit women fastest and hardest.
Jul 30, 2012 / Bryce Covert
Danny Boyle’s Olympic Minstrel Show Danny Boyle’s Olympic Minstrel Show
How perverse to celebrate a National Health Service in front of the very people who aim to destroy it.
Jul 30, 2012 / Dave Zirin
From Aurora to Anaheim, Guns Are Going Off Everywhere From Aurora to Anaheim, Guns Are Going Off Everywhere
Who is being killed by firearms, and in what numbers?
Jul 30, 2012 / Stephan Salisbury