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Now That the Justice Department Has Struck Out, It’s Time to Put Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame

Now That the Justice Department Has Struck Out, It’s Time to Put Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame Now That the Justice Department Has Struck Out, It’s Time to Put Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame

The Justice Department’s quest to prosecute Barry Bonds is a shameful stain in their history. Now put him in the Hall of Fame.

Apr 23, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Why Is a Notorious Free-Speech Censor Being Given a Platform at a Major Academic Gathering?

Why Is a Notorious Free-Speech Censor Being Given a Platform at a Major Academic Gathering? Why Is a Notorious Free-Speech Censor Being Given a Platform at a Major Academic Gathering?

Leading intellectuals are outraged that Monique Canto-Sperber, who famously quashed two events sponsored by Israel critics, is being given the stage to discuss “freedom of sp...

Apr 23, 2015 / David Palumbo-Liu

Poor People Need a Higher Wage, Not a Lesson in Morality

Poor People Need a Higher Wage, Not a Lesson in Morality Poor People Need a Higher Wage, Not a Lesson in Morality

David Brooks’ rendition of poverty is as “representative” of people with low-incomes as corrupt corporate titans are of small entrepreneurs.

Apr 22, 2015 / Greg Kaufmann

States Are Required to Educate Students Behind Bars. Here’s What Really Happens.

States Are Required to Educate Students Behind Bars. Here’s What Really Happens. States Are Required to Educate Students Behind Bars. Here’s What Really Happens.

Since age 12, Cadeem Gibbs has struggled to reconcile his desire to learn with his incarceration.

Apr 22, 2015 / Feature / Molly Knefel

Chicago Is About to Offer the Nation’s First Reparations Program for Victims of Police Violence

Chicago Is About to Offer the Nation’s First Reparations Program for Victims of Police Violence Chicago Is About to Offer the Nation’s First Reparations Program for Victims of Police Violence

Local advocates are poised to win a campaign for justice that’s broader than individual civil suits can offer.

Apr 22, 2015 / Zach Stafford

Why Were Atlanta Teachers Prosecuted Under a Law Meant for Organized Crime?

Why Were Atlanta Teachers Prosecuted Under a Law Meant for Organized Crime? Why Were Atlanta Teachers Prosecuted Under a Law Meant for Organized Crime?

To understand the cheating scandal, look to flawed education policy.

Apr 22, 2015 / Daniel Denvir

Best in the Nation Best in the Nation

Awards season.

Apr 22, 2015

There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing

There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing

Are these two “culture wars” issues really that similar?

Apr 22, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866

Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866 Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866

We look back to the time when a science columnist wrote up one possible replacement for "the fossil fuel which is now so important an element in the existing order of human society...

Apr 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

Would You Rather Grow Old at Home With Your Family or Alone in a Nursing Home?

Would You Rather Grow Old at Home With Your Family or Alone in a Nursing Home? Would You Rather Grow Old at Home With Your Family or Alone in a Nursing Home?

How Ai-jen Poo’s radical vision for caregiving could remake our economy along more humane lines.

Apr 22, 2015 / Michelle Chen and Sarah Jaffe

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