In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police
Activists and organizers gathered at the Schomburg Center to interrogate the current conditions of American policing.
Feb 25, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt? What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?
Fifteen former students of the for-profit Corinthian college chain are launching a debt strike to allow other debtors to do just that.
Feb 25, 2015 / Editorial / Michelle Chen
Fifty Shades of Basic Fifty Shades of Basic
The romance in the film isn’t perverse—and that’s the problem.
Feb 25, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic
The new documentary The Hunting Ground is a reminder that the campus rape crisis is real.
Feb 25, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Can Players Win a Strike Against Major League Soccer? Can Players Win a Strike Against Major League Soccer?
MLS players are unified and willing to strike. But they cannot win this without support.
Feb 25, 2015 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Republican Congressman Threatens DC Mayor With Arrest Over Marijuana Legalization Republican Congressman Threatens DC Mayor With Arrest Over Marijuana Legalization
Too bad he doesn’t actually have the power to stop them.
Feb 25, 2015 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Rahm Emanuel Seemed Unstoppable—Until He Ticked Off Chicago’s Teachers Rahm Emanuel Seemed Unstoppable—Until He Ticked Off Chicago’s Teachers
Voters force school-closing Mayor Rahm Emanuel into a runoff and demand an elected school board.
Feb 25, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
A 2-Day Revolt at a Texas Private Prison Reveals Everything That’s Wrong with Criminalizing Immigration A 2-Day Revolt at a Texas Private Prison Reveals Everything That’s Wrong with Criminalizing Immigration
The uprising puts the spotlight on the cozy relationship between private prison corporations and the nation’s immigration enforcement machinery.
Feb 24, 2015 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1957 to 1968.
Feb 24, 2015 / Timeline / The Nation
What the $655.5 Million Terrorism Judgement Against the Palestinian Authority Really Means What the $655.5 Million Terrorism Judgement Against the Palestinian Authority Really Means
The verdict by twelve New York City jurors may have wounded the PA and the PLO, but it cannot slow the drive for Palestinian rights.
Feb 24, 2015 / George Bisharat