Society

Nuclear missiles

Trump’s Pentagon Wants to Make Nuclear Weapons More ‘Usable’ Trump’s Pentagon Wants to Make Nuclear Weapons More ‘Usable’

That sounds like a good idea.

Nov 20, 2017 / Michael T. Klare

ICE arrest

ICE Admits Gang Operations Are Designed to Lock Up Immigrants ICE Admits Gang Operations Are Designed to Lock Up Immigrants

The gang database is a weapon that allows ICE agents to indiscriminately round up immigrants of color.

Nov 20, 2017 / Julianne Hing

After Trump

After Trump After Trump

I would argue that the Trump presidency, although Trump perhaps holds the title for the most publicly outrageous presidential candidate, was inevitable.

Nov 20, 2017 / StudentNation / Claire Devine

Medicare-for-All-AP-img

Here’s a Path to Medicare for (Almost) All That Isn’t Doomed to Fail Here’s a Path to Medicare for (Almost) All That Isn’t Doomed to Fail

Bernie Sanders and John Conyers are proposing massive changes, for a huge number of people, in a very short space of time. There’s a better, less risky way.

Nov 20, 2017 / Joshua Holland

Immigration Kids Sent Back

Immigration Kids Sent Back Immigration Kids Sent Back

When the dreamers are dreamless.

Nov 20, 2017 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez

Hari Kondabolu Lays Bare ‘The Problem With Apu’

Hari Kondabolu Lays Bare ‘The Problem With Apu’ Hari Kondabolu Lays Bare ‘The Problem With Apu’

The comedian’s new documentary takes on the ultimate comedic sacred cow: The Simpsons.

Nov 19, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Morocco protest

The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco

Despite free-speech reforms, Moroccan reporters work in a “perpetual state of dread.”

Nov 17, 2017 / Benjamin Lesire-Ogrel and Cole Stangler

Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder

By Having the Washington R*dskins Host a Game on Thanksgiving, NFL Owners Show Their True Colors By Having the Washington R*dskins Host a Game on Thanksgiving, NFL Owners Show Their True Colors

Whether it’s a question of tin-eared insensitivity, or their own sick, private joke, Washington will be hosting the Thanksgiving game for the first time in league history.

Nov 17, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Shamir’s Reinvention

Shamir’s Reinvention Shamir’s Reinvention

On Revelations, he trades the glitz and brashness of his early work for a more ruminative and uncertain sound.

Nov 17, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Columbia graduate students

The GOP Tax Plan Would Make It Even Harder to Be a Grad Student The GOP Tax Plan Would Make It Even Harder to Be a Grad Student

Cutting a vital tuition exemption, the plan would push students even further into poverty.

Nov 17, 2017 / Michelle Chen

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