Should States Tax Opioid Manufacturers to Pay for Addiction Treatment? Should States Tax Opioid Manufacturers to Pay for Addiction Treatment?
Legislation has been introduced in at least 15 states to tax the companies that make and distribute painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin.
May 4, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
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
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?
Another reader asks about labor organizing in conservative North Dakota.
May 4, 2018 / Liza Featherstone
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
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
Jacqueline Rose and the politics of motherhood.
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Merve Emre
Starbucks Diversity Day Starbucks Diversity Day
Grounds for Legal Action
May 3, 2018 / OppArt / David G. Brown
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
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