Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women
While the Internet may create space for many voices, it also reflects and amplifies real-world inequities in striking ways.
Apr 10, 2014 / Astra Taylor
This Sham Report Is What the Climate Movement Is Up Against? This Sham Report Is What the Climate Movement Is Up Against?
A small group of skeptics says rising global temperatures will have a net positive effect on the world.
Apr 10, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Talking Sports Mascots With Members of Idle No More Talking Sports Mascots With Members of Idle No More
Idle No More is a movement of indigenous people in North America that, among other things, has taken on the issue of sports mascoting. Here Dave speaks to two Idle No More members ...
Apr 10, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Feds, State Legislative Committee Accelerate Inquiries Into Bridgegate Feds, State Legislative Committee Accelerate Inquiries Into Bridgegate
Some of the key actors may be nearing a deal for immunity in order to tell what they know.
Apr 10, 2014 / The Christie Watch / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Allies and Skeptics Alike Want Details From de Blasio Allies and Skeptics Alike Want Details From de Blasio
On schools, housing and more, both pro and con want nuts and bolts.
Apr 9, 2014 / Blog / Jarrett Murphy
How a Receipt Helped Free a Wrongfully Convicted Man After More Than 24 Years in Prison How a Receipt Helped Free a Wrongfully Convicted Man After More Than 24 Years in Prison
Trial attorneys never saw key evidence proving Jonathan Fleming was in Florida when the murder he was alleged to commit occurred.
Apr 9, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
The NCAA Makes Billions and Student Athletes Get None of It The NCAA Makes Billions and Student Athletes Get None of It
Despite devoting forty to sixty hours per week to their sport most of the year, Division I football players lack basic economic rights under the NCAA’s cartel restrictions.
Apr 9, 2014 / StudentNation / Greg Johnson and StudentNation
Prison Culture: How Biases Trump Evidence and Land People in Jail Prison Culture: How Biases Trump Evidence and Land People in Jail
The imprisonment of an American couple in Qatar reveals biases in criminal justice, at home and abroad.
Apr 8, 2014 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Can Al Jazeera America Save Cable News? Can Al Jazeera America Save Cable News?
The network wants to reshape the market. But first it must reach—and win over—its viewers.
Apr 8, 2014 / Feature / Reed Richardson
Why Are Black Students Facing Corporal Punishment in Public Schools? Why Are Black Students Facing Corporal Punishment in Public Schools?
A growing controversy over use of the “paddle” to discipline children has a painful racial subtext.
Apr 8, 2014 / Feature / Sarah Carr