‘The Facts Themselves Speak Truth to Power’: An Interview With NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith ‘The Facts Themselves Speak Truth to Power’: An Interview With NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith
After the most tumultuous, scandal-plagued month in the history of the NFL commissioner’s office, we speak to the executive director of the player’s union about where t...
Sep 26, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Hardest-Hitting Anti-Koch Ad Ever Hardest-Hitting Anti-Koch Ad Ever
Could ads like this stop the Kochs from buying the Senate?
Sep 25, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Déjà Vu All Over Again Déjà Vu All Over Again
Studying history to avoid repeating it
Sep 25, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Why Are We Sending Soldiers Trained for War to Respond to the Ebola Crisis? Why Are We Sending Soldiers Trained for War to Respond to the Ebola Crisis?
Few would oppose a robust US response to Ebola, but the Obama administration's deployment of 3,000 troops to Liberia comes amid a broader US-led militarization in West Africa.
Sep 25, 2014 / Joeva Rock and Foreign Policy In Focus
Israel’s Bloated War Machine Israel’s Bloated War Machine
Prime Minister Netanyahu promotes and sometimes manufactures an endless series of national security crises. The military and settlers win; everyone else loses.
Sep 25, 2014 / Uri Blau
Will Georgia Be the Next Ukraine? Will Georgia Be the Next Ukraine?
Political tensions, exacerbated by Western regional expansion, are raising the risk of violence.
Sep 25, 2014 / Pietro A. Shakarian
The Blotch on Eric Holder’s Record: Wall Street Accountability The Blotch on Eric Holder’s Record: Wall Street Accountability
The Attorney General has cemented a doctrine of “too big to jail” at the Justice Department.
Sep 25, 2014 / George Zornick
Venture Capitalists Are Poised to ‘Disrupt’ Everything About the Education Market Venture Capitalists Are Poised to ‘Disrupt’ Everything About the Education Market
Venture capitalists and for-profit firms are salivating over the exploding $788.7 billion market in K-12 education. What does this mean for public school students?
Sep 25, 2014 / Lee Fang
Eric Holder’s Voting Rights Legacy Eric Holder’s Voting Rights Legacy
DOJ’s aggressive defense of voting rights is one of the most important aspects of Holder’s tenure.
Sep 25, 2014 / Ari Berman
The US Has Spent Tens of Millions of Dollars Fighting Pirates, and It Still Failed The US Has Spent Tens of Millions of Dollars Fighting Pirates, and It Still Failed
Despite US military efforts, maritime insecurity has been markedly on the rise in the waters off West Africa.
Sep 25, 2014 / Nick Turse