Society

Shopping at a food pantry in Indiana

Want to Eradicate Hunger in America? Take on Racism. Want to Eradicate Hunger in America? Take on Racism.

A new study found that people who experience discrimination are almost twice as likely as others to struggle with hunger.

Feb 4, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

No Way to Stop a Wolf

No Way to Stop a Wolf No Way to Stop a Wolf

Hooked on guns.

Feb 4, 2019 / OppArt / Melinda K.P. Stees

There Is No Argument for Ralph Northam to Keep His Job

There Is No Argument for Ralph Northam to Keep His Job There Is No Argument for Ralph Northam to Keep His Job

His failed attempts at “damage control” only show how reluctant he is to take responsibility for serious, racist actions.

Feb 2, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Ralph Northam

Ralph Northam’s Changing Stories Make No Sense Ralph Northam’s Changing Stories Make No Sense

Multiple explanations in 18 hours will not convince Virginians that their governor can be trusted. He must go.

Feb 2, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Electoral College map, 2000

Democrats Need to Make Getting Rid of the Electoral College a Top Priority Democrats Need to Make Getting Rid of the Electoral College a Top Priority

Two Republican losers have “won” the presidency in 16 years—that should be a lesson for Democrats.

Feb 1, 2019 / John Nichols

Roger Stone

Mueller Accuses Roger Stone of Lying and Bullying—but Not Collusion Mueller Accuses Roger Stone of Lying and Bullying—but Not Collusion

All the investigation has shown is that Stone asked for secrets from two people with none to provide.

Feb 1, 2019 / Aaron Maté

Heroin needle preparation

Forget the Wall—the Opioid Crisis Is Trump’s Real National Emergency Forget the Wall—the Opioid Crisis Is Trump’s Real National Emergency

Opioid overdoses claimed nearly 50,000 American lives in 2017 alone, more than 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

Jan 31, 2019 / Rajan Menon

Roger Goodell

Roger Goodell Continues to Lie About Colin Kaepernick Roger Goodell Continues to Lie About Colin Kaepernick

At his “state of the league” press conference, the commissioner of the NFL fronted for racist collusion.

Jan 31, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Middlebury Divestment

We Changed Our College’s Mind About Fossil Fuels—You Can, Too We Changed Our College’s Mind About Fossil Fuels—You Can, Too

After Middlebury College rejected its students demands to divest from fossil fuels in 2013, students kept fighting—and now, the school has unanimously voted to divest.

Jan 30, 2019 / StudentNation / Gabe Desmond and Alec Fleischer

Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin

Trump’s Withdrawals From Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’ Trump’s Withdrawals From Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’

Why would Moscow want to fight terrorists without the US? It doesn’t.

Jan 30, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

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