A Great Newspaper’s Shame A Great Newspaper’s Shame
Why is the political coverage in The New York Times so lame?
Dec 23, 2014 / Column / Eric Alterman
Social Movements Didn’t Kill the NYPD Officers. A Man With Untreated Mental Illness and a Gun Did. Social Movements Didn’t Kill the NYPD Officers. A Man With Untreated Mental Illness and a Gun Did.
From Bill de Blasio to Eric Holder to Barack Obama to #BlackLivesMatter, right-wing pundits are blaming everyone and everything but the obvious.
Dec 23, 2014 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Why Is No One Talking About the NYPD Shooter’s Other Target? Why Is No One Talking About the NYPD Shooter’s Other Target?
Before Ismaaiyl Brinsley killed two police officers, he shot Shaneka Thompson. That matters more than law enforcement’s blame game.
Dec 23, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain
The Deaths of Two NYPD Officers Is Tragic, but Not an Indictment of the Anti-Brutality Movement The Deaths of Two NYPD Officers Is Tragic, but Not an Indictment of the Anti-Brutality Movement
We all should mourn the deaths of Liu and Ramos—but that mourning doesn't mean we become less critical of the police as a violent and racist tool of oppression.
Dec 22, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
As the Semester Ends, the Student Movement for Black Lives Turns Up As the Semester Ends, the Student Movement for Black Lives Turns Up
From the classrooms to the streets, the movement keeps growing.
Dec 22, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Why It’s Wrong to Gloat Over The New Republic’s Demise Why It’s Wrong to Gloat Over The New Republic’s Demise
Despite its flaws, it was one of our few remaining journals of serious debate and opinion.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / Steve Wasserman
No Kaddish for ‘The New Republic’ No Kaddish for ‘The New Republic’
From the very beginning, the magazine has shown an eagerness to suck up to power.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
ISIS Wants You to Share This ISIS Wants You to Share This
How the well-meaning public became a handmaiden for terror.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / Rafia Zakaria
Athlete-Activists Can’t Be Scared Silent After the Murder of Two NYPD Officers Athlete-Activists Can’t Be Scared Silent After the Murder of Two NYPD Officers
Fighting for breath when police and media are declaring war against a peaceful movement could not be more pressing.
Dec 22, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Interview With Ariyana Smith: The First Athlete Activist of #BlackLivesMatter Interview With Ariyana Smith: The First Athlete Activist of #BlackLivesMatter
Ariyana Smith lay on the court for four and a half minutes before her team’s game on November 29. She did not know that she would be the first in a historic movement of athle...
Dec 19, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin