‘Why I’m Hunger-Striking at UVA’ by College Football Player Joseph Williams ‘Why I’m Hunger-Striking at UVA’ by College Football Player Joseph Williams
UVA football player Joseph Wiliams is on a hunger strike so campus workers can get a living wage. As you can read, he has the politics and depth to back up his concerns.
Feb 26, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
This Week: The GOP’s Retro-Culture Wars. PLUS: The Latino Vote in 2012 This Week: The GOP’s Retro-Culture Wars. PLUS: The Latino Vote in 2012
This week, the GOP’s continued war on women's health. Plus, guest-blogger Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto begins writing for us with a post on anti-immigration racial animus an...
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
NYC to Release Teachers’ ‘Value-Added’ Ratings: Why It’s Not Fair NYC to Release Teachers’ ‘Value-Added’ Ratings: Why It’s Not Fair
Bill Gates and Wendy Kopp agree: the volatile data reports unfairly shame teachers.
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Dana Goldstein
Peter King Defends NYPD Monitoring, Plans More Hearings on Islam Peter King Defends NYPD Monitoring, Plans More Hearings on Islam
The New York congressman will have more hearings on Muslim radicalization in America, despite statistics that show a waning threat.
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
Rubin Agonistes Rubin Agonistes
Alter-Reviews and Reed Richardson zeros in on the flip-flop blogging of the Washington Post's Jenifer Rubin.
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act
More than a decade after Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, its varied implications are still unraveling.
Feb 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino
Would the GOP contenders feel the same about immigration if the folks trying to cross the border were Canadians?
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
Follow the Urine! Ryan Braun Makes a Kind of History Follow the Urine! Ryan Braun Makes a Kind of History
Because a set of bizarre circumstances surrounding his drug test, reigning MVP Ryan Braunhas become the first player in history to successfully challenge a steroid-related penalty ...
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb? Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb?
Comcast’s new minority-owned channels are the direct result of a deal cut with civil rights organizations. So where are the women’s channels?
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo
What makes +972 such a unique magazine with an extraordinary ability to shake up conventional ideas about Israel and Palestine?
Feb 23, 2012 / Audio / The Nation