Thoughts on Colin Kaepernick From an Athlete Who Walked That Path Thoughts on Colin Kaepernick From an Athlete Who Walked That Path
In 2003, Division III basketball player Toni Smith took a stand against unthinking patriotism. Her thoughts today about Colin Kaepernick deserve to be heard.
Aug 29, 2016 / Dave Zirin
What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State? What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State?
In Utah, Dr. Leah Torres has to contend with a slew of medically unsound regulations to care for her patients. And that’s before the death threats.
Aug 29, 2016 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter and Francis Reynolds
The Wage Gap Is Worse for Black Women The Wage Gap Is Worse for Black Women
Black women earn just 67 cents for every dollar white men earn.
Aug 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen
What the NFL Players’ Union Chief Has to Say About Colin Kaepernick’s Protest What the NFL Players’ Union Chief Has to Say About Colin Kaepernick’s Protest
DeMaurice Smith, head of the NFL Players Association, says that expecting athletes to “shut up and play” isn’t respecting them as fully human.
Aug 27, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Warren Hinckle’s Truth-to-Power Journalism and Politics Broke the Conventional Wisdom Warren Hinckle’s Truth-to-Power Journalism and Politics Broke the Conventional Wisdom
As the editor of Ramparts, he helped shape the radicalism of the 1960s, and kept on challenging injustice and “professional megabuck politics.”
Aug 26, 2016 / John Nichols
Why Thousands of Texas Students Carried Dildos to Class This Week Why Thousands of Texas Students Carried Dildos to Class This Week
What’s the best weapon against a handgun? Sometimes, a dildo.
Aug 26, 2016 / Molly Stier
New York’s Nail Salons Are Still Toxic New York’s Nail Salons Are Still Toxic
And salon owners are now protesting new policies that aim to protect workers and consumers from chemical contamination.
Aug 26, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Two Terrible Ideas, on Their Way to History’s Dustbin Two Terrible Ideas, on Their Way to History’s Dustbin
And once they’re gone, we’ll finally be ready to progress on race relations in America.
Aug 26, 2016 / Felicia Wong and Dorian T. Warren
Letters From the September 12-19, 2016, Issue Letters From the September 12-19, 2016, Issue
Portrait of the artist as an old man… Yes, black lives matter… Not-so-neo-Nazism…
Aug 25, 2016 / Our Readers
It’s Official: Graduate Students Can Unionize It’s Official: Graduate Students Can Unionize
A landmark ruling has affirmed that graduate students at private universities are workers, and can organize as such.
Aug 24, 2016 / Michelle Chen