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Jun 2, 2015 / Editorial / Tom Tomorrow

Snapshot: Fifa’s Self-Chopping Head Snapshot: Fifa’s Self-Chopping Head

A protester outside the 65th FIFA congress in Zurich wears a mask in the likeness of FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who was reelected to a fifth term despite a wide-ranging corruption scandal. Five days later, Blatter abruptly announced that he would be stepping down due to his “deep care for FIFA and its interests.”

Jun 2, 2015 / Editorial / Michael Probst

Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas

Twenty-one states have refused to expand Medicaid, leaving millions of sick Americans without decent healthcare.

Jun 2, 2015 / Feature / Kai Wright

Dear Class of 2015: You’ve Been Scammed! Dear Class of 2015: You’ve Been Scammed!

Does this really sound like an education to you or does it sound more like a Ponzi scheme?

Jun 2, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

Sepp Blatter’s Shocking End Sepp Blatter’s Shocking End

Sepp Blatter’s reign of error is over. But speculation about his and FIFA’s future has just begun.

Jun 2, 2015 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Suspended Surveillance: Two Years of Heretical Thinking Suspended Surveillance: Two Years of Heretical Thinking

It is worth pausing to consider how far things have moved since the Snowden revelations.

Jun 2, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History

Khairullozhori Matanov, a friend of the Boston bomber, is being sentenced under a law whose purview is growing disturbingly wide.

Jun 2, 2015 / Juliana DeVries

A Q&A With Opal Tometi, Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter A Q&A With Opal Tometi, Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter

A conversation about building an inclusive movement, the importance of identity, and how to shift the narrative of justice away from jailing killer cops.

Jun 2, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

How the Retail Industry Keeps People of Color in Poverty How the Retail Industry Keeps People of Color in Poverty

Bad retail jobs compound the deeper economic and social barriers that disproportionately affect blacks and Latinos.

Jun 2, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen

NSA Reform? No Way! Scott Walker Wants ‘Something Closer to the Patriot Act’ NSA Reform? No Way! Scott Walker Wants ‘Something Closer to the Patriot Act’

The Wisconsin governor positions himself as the exact opposite of Rand Paul—and privacy advocates in both parties.

Jun 1, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols