The Black Athlete Today The Black Athlete Today
Athletes need to realize that they can shape their own image much more successfully than athletes of previous generations.
Jul 27, 2011 / Feature / Mike Tillery
Oh! In Norway, It Was Right-Wing, Not Muslim, Terrorism! Oh! In Norway, It Was Right-Wing, Not Muslim, Terrorism!
Islam-bashing conservatives like Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller influenced the fanatic who terrorized Norway. The question now is—to what degree?
Jul 25, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Driving While Immigrant Driving While Immigrant
As the Obama administration tries to salvage the Secure Communities program, governors and advocates alike are calling it what it is: racial profiling.
Jul 8, 2011 / Renée Feltz
Driving While Immigrant Driving While Immigrant
Salvador Licea shares his experience with the ICE Secure Communities Program.
Jul 8, 2011 / Stokely Baksh and Renée Feltz
What Michele Bachmann and Her Teapot ‘Patriots’ Do Not Know About America What Michele Bachmann and Her Teapot ‘Patriots’ Do Not Know About America
The Republican presidential contender needs to learn a lot more about the radicals who made the America revolution -- especially Tom Paine.
Jul 2, 2011 / John Nichols
Saudi Women Accelerating Towards Change Saudi Women Accelerating Towards Change
Since the self-immolation carried out by a Tunisian fruit vendor which had far-reaching consequences across the region, the world has watched the political and social transformatio...
Jun 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Maria Kari
Arizona’s Next Scandal? Tea Party State Official Says Ethnic Studies Violates Ban Arizona’s Next Scandal? Tea Party State Official Says Ethnic Studies Violates Ban
At a press conference Wednesday, Tucson Superintendent John Huppenthal declared the district's Ethnic Studies/MAS Program to be out of compliance with the state's controversial ban...
Jun 15, 2011 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers
Peter King’s ‘Muslim Radicalization’ Hearings Risk Repeating History Peter King’s ‘Muslim Radicalization’ Hearings Risk Repeating History
As a young, Japanese-American child, I was held in an internment camp out of prejudice and war hysteria. America can't make the same mistake again.
Jun 14, 2011 / Mike Honda
Palin and the Memory of Literacy Tests Palin and the Memory of Literacy Tests
In anticipation of the 2012 elections, Southern legislators are reducing early voting opportunities and imposing unprecedented identification card rules. This could have a dispara...
Jun 9, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry
A Jeffersonian Challenge to the Tories of Fitzwalkerstan A Jeffersonian Challenge to the Tories of Fitzwalkerstan
Activists challenging Walker administration assaults on public education and on college students from immigrant families disrupt Wisconsin legislative hearing with a reading from t...
Jun 3, 2011 / John Nichols