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Detroit Lion DeAndre Levy on ‘Locker-Room Talk’ and Why He Raises Money to Test Abandoned Rape Kits Detroit Lion DeAndre Levy on ‘Locker-Room Talk’ and Why He Raises Money to Test Abandoned Rape Kits

Here is one NFL player who not only speaks out against rape culture but acts. 

Oct 31, 2016 / Dave Zirin

One Anthem Singer Exposed How the NBA Will Police Player Protest

One Anthem Singer Exposed How the NBA Will Police Player Protest One Anthem Singer Exposed How the NBA Will Police Player Protest

Sevyn Streeter wanted to make a simple statement, but the NBA would not allow it.

Oct 28, 2016 / Dave Zirin

What If Presidential Candidates Thanked Their Childcare Workers in Their Victory Speeches?

What If Presidential Candidates Thanked Their Childcare Workers in Their Victory Speeches? What If Presidential Candidates Thanked Their Childcare Workers in Their Victory Speeches?

Amy Poehler sits down with Ai-jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

Oct 28, 2016 / The Nation

Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly

How Trump’s Media Cheerleaders Turned Campaign Coverage Into a Total Disaster How Trump’s Media Cheerleaders Turned Campaign Coverage Into a Total Disaster

Journalists and media moguls have disgraced themselves in pursuit of ratings and ideological goals.

Oct 28, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

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November 1: Media Malpractice and Election 2016 November 1: Media Malpractice and Election 2016

Tune in for a livestream featuring Joan Walsh, Farai Chideya, Katha Pollitt, and Rinku Sen, moderated by Laura Flanders.

Oct 27, 2016 / The Nation

Harvard Dining Workers protest

Harvard Workers Went On Strike and Won—Here’s How They Did It, and How Students Helped Harvard Workers Went On Strike and Won—Here’s How They Did It, and How Students Helped

Solidarity statements and op-eds are important, but direct actions are essential.

Oct 27, 2016 / Collin P. Poirot

Prison Barbed Wire

ICE Plans to Reopen the Very Same Private Prison the Feds Just Closed ICE Plans to Reopen the Very Same Private Prison the Feds Just Closed

Advocates cheered when the Justice Department began shuttering its private prisons. But immigration officials saw an opportunity.

Oct 27, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

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The United States of Anxiety, Episode 6: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Other Suburban Problems The United States of Anxiety, Episode 6: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Other Suburban Problems

What does all of that have to do with Trump’s appeal?

Oct 27, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright

Donald Trump

Alternative Explanation Alternative Explanation

Trump rejects accusations of groping that match the Access Hollywood video.—News reports They lie, he says, and they will soon be sued. He didn’t do that groping most frenetic. Tho…

Oct 27, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the November 14, 2016, Issue Letters From the November 14, 2016, Issue

The art of words… Words are her matter… Live by shame, die by shame… Carré’d away…

Oct 27, 2016 / Our Readers

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