How an Unusual Team Helps Extricate Bronx Residents From NYC’s Justice System How an Unusual Team Helps Extricate Bronx Residents From NYC’s Justice System
The Bronx Defenders do more than go to court.
Nov 9, 2015 / Hélène Barthélemy
Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time
For the artists in the activist group Gulf Labor, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi epitomizes the conquest of art by corporate interests.
Nov 9, 2015 / Dispatch / Ursula Lindsey
3 Lessons From University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s Resignation 3 Lessons From University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s Resignation
The administrators created a world in which universities revolve socially, politically, and economically around the exploited labor of football. Now let them reap what they sow.
Nov 9, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Childcare Workers Make 40% Less Than the Nationwide Median Wage Childcare Workers Make 40% Less Than the Nationwide Median Wage
Earning hourly wages of about $10.30, many childcare workers can't afford the service they provide—and now they're joining the movement for a living wage.
Nov 9, 2015 / Michelle Chen
The Strange, True Story of the Man Whose Maid Was Worth Millions The Strange, True Story of the Man Whose Maid Was Worth Millions
Manju Das thought her future was secured when she went to work as the housekeeper for a wealthy corporate executive. Little did she realize how she was being used.
Nov 9, 2015 / Feature / Nilita Vachani
Black Mizzou Football Players Are Going on Strike Over Campus Racism Black Mizzou Football Players Are Going on Strike Over Campus Racism
In a game changer that could bring down a university president, the Missouri football players are showing just how powerful their labor is.
Nov 8, 2015 / Dave Zirin
The Republican Debate Fiasco Is About to Get Dumb and Dumber The Republican Debate Fiasco Is About to Get Dumb and Dumber
Arbitrary decisions are sending candidates who actually have something to say to oblivion.
Nov 6, 2015 / John Nichols
Now White People Are Dying From Our Terrible Economic Policies, Too Now White People Are Dying From Our Terrible Economic Policies, Too
As the “middle class” hollows out, whites who started life under relatively promising circumstances are finally seeing the floor fall out under them.
Nov 6, 2015 / Michelle Chen
LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Immigration Forum LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Immigration Forum
Tune in this Sunday and Monday for a live conversation featuring Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley.
Nov 5, 2015 / Video / The Nation
Fight Transphobia and Move the Damn 2017 Super Bowl Fight Transphobia and Move the Damn 2017 Super Bowl
The idea that the Super Bowl must never be affected by politics flies in the face of the game’s own history.
Nov 5, 2015 / Dave Zirin