Why We Write About Oppression Why We Write About Oppression
No one feels a sense of moral superiority when talking about their own discrimination.
Sep 27, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Rick Reilly and the Most Irredeemably Stupid Defense of the Redskins Name You Will Ever Read Rick Reilly and the Most Irredeemably Stupid Defense of the Redskins Name You Will Ever Read
Rick Reilly of ESPN argues that Native Americans love the word “Redskins” and people who hate it are all white. Seriously.
Sep 19, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Rahm Emanuel Apologizes For Police Torture. Now What? Rahm Emanuel Apologizes For Police Torture. Now What?
The City of Chicago has paid tens of millions of dollars in settlements with victims of brutality under Police Commander Jon Burge. But justice is far from done—and some vict...
Sep 18, 2013 / Flint Taylor
Respectability Politics Won’t Save Us: On the Death of Jonathan Ferrell Respectability Politics Won’t Save Us: On the Death of Jonathan Ferrell
You can do everything “right” in America, but if you’re black, racism will always pose a threat to your life.
Sep 16, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Jonathan Ferrell, Former Football Player, Killed by Police After Seeking Help Following Car Wreck Jonathan Ferrell, Former Football Player, Killed by Police After Seeking Help Following Car Wreck
The death of 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell, former Florida A&M safety, demands our attention.
Sep 16, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
A Conversation With Kiese Laymon A Conversation With Kiese Laymon
Roxane Gay talks with the author about his writing and the work that writing does.
Sep 12, 2013 / Blog / Roxane Gay
The Danger of White Student Unions The Danger of White Student Unions
The complexities of racial tensions on campus are too many and the stakes too high to allow white student unions at universities.
Sep 11, 2013 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli and StudentNation
Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance
The NYPD’s extensive monitoring of Arab and South Asian sports events has put a big question mark over the reasoning behind the department’s own sponsored leagues.
Sep 10, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise? Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise?
Up an unpaved Idaho road, self-styled “patriots” gather to plan and train in close-quarters battle.
Sep 9, 2013 / Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart
A Lesson on Racism for Mayor Bloomberg A Lesson on Racism for Mayor Bloomberg
The outgoing mayor called a Democratic candidate’s campaign racist. Here’s why he’s wrong.
Sep 9, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith