Larry Nassar’s Imprisonment and Lou Anna Simon’s Resignation Are Not Nearly Enough Larry Nassar’s Imprisonment and Lou Anna Simon’s Resignation Are Not Nearly Enough
An institution turned a blind eye to serial sexual assault. An institution needs to be held accountable.
Jan 25, 2018 / Dave Zirin and David Tigabu
Letters From the February 12-19, 2018, Issue Letters From the February 12-19, 2018, Issue
Red Famine revisited… Faith in community…
Jan 25, 2018 / Our Readers
The Appalling Clarity of Donald Trump The Appalling Clarity of Donald Trump
The US has long treated much of Africa, the Caribbean, and the rest of the world as shitholes.
Jan 25, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge
The End of Men’s ‘Freedom to Bother’ The End of Men’s ‘Freedom to Bother’
We’re on the verge of a new normal in the workplace. That’s a good thing.
Jan 25, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
One Year On, Trump Coverage Achieves Complete Closed Loop One Year On, Trump Coverage Achieves Complete Closed Loop
Some hot, fresh takes from the same old faces.
Jan 24, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
‘I Came With a Calling’: Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin ‘I Came With a Calling’: Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin
The writer died this week, at 88.
Jan 24, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
#MeToo Is Changing the Definition of ‘Bad Sex’ #MeToo Is Changing the Definition of ‘Bad Sex’
The “enthusiastic consent” standard imagines a future in which pressure and coercion aren’t part of bad sex at all.
Jan 24, 2018 / Collier Meyerson
The American Bipartisan Policy Establishment Declares Its ‘Second Cold War’ vs. Russia After Years of Denying It The American Bipartisan Policy Establishment Declares Its ‘Second Cold War’ vs. Russia After Years of Denying It
The most influential US foreign-policy membership society has issued a report affirming the new Cold War and its eagerness to fight it.
Jan 24, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
A Governor Renews Net-Neutrality Protections With the Stroke of a Pen A Governor Renews Net-Neutrality Protections With the Stroke of a Pen
Montana’s Steve Bullock comes up with simple step states can take to preserve Internet freedoms.
Jan 24, 2018 / John Nichols
Why Does Our Justice System Fight So Hard to Keep Innocent People Behind Bars? Why Does Our Justice System Fight So Hard to Keep Innocent People Behind Bars?
Mark Godsey was a “prosecutor’s prosecutor” who didn’t think there were any innocent people in prison. Then he began supervising his law school’s Innocence Project, and realized hi...
Jan 24, 2018 / Joshua Holland