Dispatches From Brazil’s World Cup: ‘Don’t Tear Gas the Tourists!’ Dispatches From Brazil’s World Cup: ‘Don’t Tear Gas the Tourists!’
Police repression of a FIFA Go Home protest near Brazil’s legendary Maracanã stadum had unintended consequences.
Jun 16, 2014 / Dave Zirin
New York City Housing Authority May Be the City’s Worst Landlord New York City Housing Authority May Be the City’s Worst Landlord
Low-income residents demand accountability from NYCHA.
Jun 16, 2014 / Michelle Chen
How the ‘War on Terror’ Became a War on the Constitution How the ‘War on Terror’ Became a War on the Constitution
Since 9/11, power-hungry political leaders have eviscerated the First Amendment—and we’ve allowed them to do it.
Jun 16, 2014 / Peter Van Buren
Is the Chilean Student Movement Being Co-opted by Its Government? Is the Chilean Student Movement Being Co-opted by Its Government?
President Michelle Bachelet’s reforms look good on paper—so why are tens of thousands of students taking to the streets to protest them?
Jun 16, 2014 / Eilís O’Neill
Great War: The Climate of June 1914 Great War: The Climate of June 1914
The first modern war created the modern Nation.
Jun 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
How Fox News Created a Monster—and Made Two Others Disappear How Fox News Created a Monster—and Made Two Others Disappear
From Bergdahl to the Las Vegas cop killers, Fox and friends enter Orwell’s “Eastasia.”
Jun 16, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Students Storm Christie-Corbett Fundraiser, Sideline Westboro Baptists and #RiseNGrind Students Storm Christie-Corbett Fundraiser, Sideline Westboro Baptists and #RiseNGrind
As the school year ends—and fall elections heat up—students walk out, tape up and unionize for justice.
Jun 15, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Dispatches From Brazil’s World Cup: ‘No One Lives Here Anymore’ Dispatches From Brazil’s World Cup: ‘No One Lives Here Anymore’
At a favela five minutes from Brazil’s most famous stadium, every family has been removed by force.
Jun 15, 2014 / Dave Zirin
When Jonathan Schell Introduced Me to Robert McNamara When Jonathan Schell Introduced Me to Robert McNamara
Jonathan’s unique ability to build bridges brought together this child of a red-diaper baby with a core member of LBJ’s war cabinet in common cause.
Jun 13, 2014 / Peter Rothberg
California Just Abolished Due Process for Public School Teachers California Just Abolished Due Process for Public School Teachers
Hardline reformers are using Vergara v. State of California to dismantle tenure in other states.
Jun 13, 2014 / Michelle Chen