Society

Washington cheerleaders

NFL Washington Cheerleaders Go Public With Horrific Treatment NFL Washington Cheerleaders Go Public With Horrific Treatment

The New York Times tells a story of cheerleaders feeling “pimped out” to team sponsors. 

May 4, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Pledge of Allegiance by Dorothea Lange

No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers

The photographic legacy of the WWII-era detainment of Japanese Americans is itself a product of historical forces.  

May 4, 2018 / Madeleine Han

We’re White. Can We Adopt a Black Child?

We’re White. Can We Adopt a Black Child? We’re White. Can We Adopt a Black Child?

Another reader asks about labor organizing in conservative North Dakota.

May 4, 2018 / Liza Featherstone

Donald Trump speaking at the final session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

Hail Donald Caesar! Hail Donald Caesar!

A new bill might give Trump a blank check for war.

May 3, 2018 / Danny Sjursen

France Goes Off the Rails

France Goes Off the Rails France Goes Off the Rails

The government’s proposed railway reforms will force yet more traffic onto the country’s overcrowded roads, even as people in the provinces and regions lose mobility, convenience, ...

May 3, 2018 / Benoît Duteurtre

Mothering Under Capitalism

Mothering Under Capitalism Mothering Under Capitalism

Jacqueline Rose and the politics of motherhood.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Merve Emre

Starbucks Diversity Day

Starbucks Diversity Day Starbucks Diversity Day

Grounds for Legal Action

May 3, 2018 / OppArt / David G. Brown

Bret Stephens

Never Trumpers Never Mattered Never Trumpers Never Mattered

They’re all over the media, but they’re politically insignificant.

May 3, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

Trump Rally Supporters

Yes, Donald Trump Is Making White People More Hateful Yes, Donald Trump Is Making White People More Hateful

A new study finds empirical evidence of the “Trump Effect.”

May 2, 2018 / Joshua Holland

Ida B. Wells-Barnett Deserves a Bigger Statue

Ida B. Wells-Barnett Deserves a Bigger Statue Ida B. Wells-Barnett Deserves a Bigger Statue

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is extraordinary, and we need more monuments like it.

May 2, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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