Did South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Really Just Endorse Trump? Did South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Really Just Endorse Trump?
No, but when a satirical newspaper reported that the cowboy hat–wearing president of South Sudan did, nearly everyone found it plausible.
May 3, 2016 / Nick Turse
Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game
State terrorists in Honduras have learned that to be effective, they can’t just kill and torture. They also have to be able to tell good stories.
May 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin
The Race That Never Ends The Race That Never Ends
Give me victory, or give me crushing indifference.
May 3, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
An NFL Player Stands Up to Rape and Gives a Lesson in Consent An NFL Player Stands Up to Rape and Gives a Lesson in Consent
Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy stands up to toxic masculinity and rape culture in professional football.
May 3, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy
Sanders is helping to energize and educate a new generation coming into American politics—it is imperative that a real security agenda be part of that education.
May 3, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
As the Religious Right Forces the Gospel Into Public Schools, Some Parents Are Opting to Homeschool As the Religious Right Forces the Gospel Into Public Schools, Some Parents Are Opting to Homeschool
After their kids experienced “religious bullying,” these parents felt they had no choice but to take their kids out of public school.
May 3, 2016 / Katherine Stewart
A Contested Convention Is Exactly What the Democratic Party Needs A Contested Convention Is Exactly What the Democratic Party Needs
Bernie Sanders will go to Philadelphia with more pledged delegates than any insurgent in modern history. Here’s what he could do with them.
May 3, 2016 / Feature / John Nichols
Father Daniel Berrigan Sought to ‘Build a World Uncursed by War, Starvation, and Exploitation’ Father Daniel Berrigan Sought to ‘Build a World Uncursed by War, Starvation, and Exploitation’
The great champion of peace and justice, from Catonsville to Occupy, has died at age 94.
May 2, 2016 / John Nichols
Making Sense of the Boston Public Schools Walkout Making Sense of the Boston Public Schools Walkout
The Boston Public Schools have been under sustained budget cuts for several years. This year students decided they'd had enough.
May 2, 2016 / StudentNation / Keegan O’Brien
What Abortion Has to Do With the Minimum Wage What Abortion Has to Do With the Minimum Wage
Advocates and members of Congress want to reframe abortion as an issue of economic security.
May 2, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter