Society

The End of March Madness?

The End of March Madness? The End of March Madness?

Sportswriter Patrick Hruby makes the case for athlete compensation and NCAA systemic change.

Mar 6, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Where do Newspaper Columnists Get Their Facts? Where do Newspaper Columnists Get Their Facts?

If it’s wrong, that’s just your opinion.

Mar 6, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

NRA TV Is No Joke

NRA TV Is No Joke NRA TV Is No Joke

Laugh all you want, but the channel is dangerously effective in radicalizing a right-wing base.

Mar 5, 2018 / Scot Nakagawa

Students Aren’t Waiting for March or April. They’re Protesting Now.

Students Aren’t Waiting for March or April. They’re Protesting Now. Students Aren’t Waiting for March or April. They’re Protesting Now.

Every day since February 21, high-school and middle-school students across the country have protested for stronger gun laws, often by walking out of class.

Mar 5, 2018 / StudentNation / Samantha Schuyler

(Bryan Cox / ICE via AP)

The Trump Administration Is Using Fake Terrorism Statistics to Scare You About Immigrants The Trump Administration Is Using Fake Terrorism Statistics to Scare You About Immigrants

Inflated numbers tell a false story of a nation under attack.

Mar 5, 2018 / Arnold Isaacs

Heroin needle preparation

The Left Needs to Care About the Opioid Crisis The Left Needs to Care About the Opioid Crisis

Progressives should learn from the past to respond to the overdose epidemic.

Mar 5, 2018 / Jeremy Saunders

NFL injury

Is It Okay to Watch Football? Is It Okay to Watch Football?

On the morality of enjoying a ceaselessly brutal sport that is 70 percent black but has no black ownership.

Mar 5, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Trump Moscow 1996

Does Russia Have Leverage Over Trump? Does Russia Have Leverage Over Trump?

An interview with Diana Pilipenko on Moscow’s potential kompromat.

Mar 2, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss

Aly Raisman

Aly Raisman: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Aly Raisman: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

Aly Raisman’s lawsuit against the US Olympic Committee is a call for justice and true accountability.

Mar 2, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Boy US Flag DC

Do We Need to Redefine Masculinity—or Get Rid of It? Do We Need to Redefine Masculinity—or Get Rid of It?

It might not be enough to expand on masculinity’s so-called “innate properties.” We might have to rethink the idea of innate manhood altogether.

Mar 2, 2018 / Collier Meyerson

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