Why We’re Shocked by White Heroin Use Why We’re Shocked by White Heroin Use
Do white pundits, reporters and TV producers have a no-snitch policy on exposing crises in the white community?
Jun 4, 2014 / Ishmael Reed
Can the Internet Be a ‘People’s Platform’? A Q&A With Astra Taylor Can the Internet Be a ‘People’s Platform’? A Q&A With Astra Taylor
Her new book reconsiders how democratic the digital world really is.
Jun 4, 2014 / Sarah Leonard
Why Is It Illegal to Export American Oil? Why Is It Illegal to Export American Oil?
Some companies want the ban dropped.
Jun 4, 2014 / Simon Davis-Cohen
Comix Nation Comix Nation
Jun 3, 2014 / Matt Bors
Snapshot: Call In the Troops Snapshot: Call In the Troops
With US military operations under way in thirteen African nations, Secretary of State John Kerry has had a lot to talk about. President Obama has presented the US withdrawal from Afghanistan as a way to free up resources for a “broader set of priorities.” On May 21, one week before the speech, eighty troops were sent to Chad.
Jun 3, 2014 / Saul Loeb
Why You Need to Tell the FCC to Save Net Neutrality Now Why You Need to Tell the FCC to Save Net Neutrality Now
The commissioners are considering rules that would allow telecom giants to control it with “pay to play” schemes.
May 21, 2014 / The Editors
Brazil’s Dance With the Devil on the Eve of the World Cup Brazil’s Dance With the Devil on the Eve of the World Cup
The Cup has become a tool for neoliberal plunder—but Brazilians are fighting back.
May 21, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Pricing Radicals Out of New York Pricing Radicals Out of New York
The Brecht Forum, a storied radical institution, has lost its lease.
May 21, 2014 / Abbie Nehring
Comix Nation Comix Nation
May 21, 2014 / Jen Sorensen
Snapshot: Bitter Sweets Snapshot: Bitter Sweets
This spring, the representatives of fifteen Caribbean nations met to discuss calling for reparation payments from Europe. As this demand for economic justice gains new momentum, Kara Walker’s A Subtlety—made entirely from sugar, which is still produced under brutal conditions in many cases—stands for more than just ancient history.
May 21, 2014 / Richard Drew