Why Donald Trump Wants to Render Muslim Athletes Invisible Why Donald Trump Wants to Render Muslim Athletes Invisible
What in the name of Muhammad Ali is Donald Trump inhaling, other than the fumes of his own gaseous ego?
Dec 7, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court
Will Indian nations lose one of the remaining paths for bringing justice to those who commit wrongs on their land?
Dec 7, 2015 / Andrew Bard Epstein
December 6, 1865: The 13th Amendment, Prohibiting Slavery, Is Ratified December 6, 1865: The 13th Amendment, Prohibiting Slavery, Is Ratified
“In our country the bitter fruits of national injustice and oppression were apparent at an early day.”
Dec 6, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
The Fraternal Order of Police Wants Off-Duty Cops to Be Armed Inside a Stadium Near You The Fraternal Order of Police Wants Off-Duty Cops to Be Armed Inside a Stadium Near You
Using Paris as a pretext and sports as backdrop, the FOP wants to be armed on NFL Sunday, which will make all of us less safe.
Dec 3, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement
Could the Facebook family change the status quo of Silicon Valley philanthropy?
Dec 3, 2015 / Amy Schiller
Happy Birthday, ‘National Review’! Too Bad You Haven’t Grown Any Wiser With Age. Happy Birthday, ‘National Review’! Too Bad You Haven’t Grown Any Wiser With Age.
The GOP’s reliable source of awful ideas celebrates 60 years of being wrong.
Dec 3, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
Why Are Democrats Silent on Rahm Emanuel? Why Are Democrats Silent on Rahm Emanuel?
If you care about police brutality, you care even when “your team” needs to be held accountable.
Dec 3, 2015 / George Zornick
Alabama’s Controversial Voter-ID Law Is Challenged In Court Alabama’s Controversial Voter-ID Law Is Challenged In Court
One day after the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, civil-rights groups charge Alabama with violating the Voting Rights Act.
Dec 2, 2015 / Ari Berman
2.7 Million Kids Have Parents in Prison. They’re Losing Their Right to Visit. 2.7 Million Kids Have Parents in Prison. They’re Losing Their Right to Visit.
States have gutted family visitation programs in reaction to prison overcrowding, and racist ideas about black sexuality.
Dec 2, 2015 / Feature / Sylvia A. Harvey
Not Everyone in North Carolina Wants to Keep Refugees Out Not Everyone in North Carolina Wants to Keep Refugees Out
In spite of what North Carolina’s governor has said, many in the state welcome religious and ethnic diversity—but their voices have been drowned out in the wake of the Paris attack...
Dec 1, 2015 / Phoebe Zerwick