Society

Sign protesting Trump in Patchogue

With Donald Trump, in the Long Island Town Where Hate Killed With Donald Trump, in the Long Island Town Where Hate Killed

Patchogue’s Latino community has learned that anti-immigrant rhetoric can become a lot more than talk.

Apr 19, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Kobe Bryant After Last Game

Wrestling With Kobe Bryant’s Forgotten Apology Wrestling With Kobe Bryant’s Forgotten Apology

After being cleared of rape charges in 2003, the basketball star conceded that the absence of consent may have occurred. Here’s why that matters.

Apr 19, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Guantanamo Bay protest

What Really Stands in the Way of Closing Guantánamo What Really Stands in the Way of Closing Guantánamo

On his first day in the Oval Office, Obama swore he’d close Gitmo. He’s got nine months left to do it.

Apr 19, 2016 / Karen J. Greenberg

Black Lives Matter

The Black Lives Matter Movement Is Most Visible on Twitter. Its True Home Is Elsewhere. The Black Lives Matter Movement Is Most Visible on Twitter. Its True Home Is Elsewhere.

For the movement to survive, it needs to focus on work that doesn’t lend itself to 140 characters.

Apr 19, 2016 / Feature / Dani McClain

The Global Epidemic of Child Warriors

The Global Epidemic of Child Warriors The Global Epidemic of Child Warriors

From the Taliban to suicide bombers in the Middle East and Africa, young people are enacting the savageries of their elders.

Apr 18, 2016 / John Feffer

Demand That the Police Stop Spying on Your Cell Phone

Demand That the Police Stop Spying on Your Cell Phone Demand That the Police Stop Spying on Your Cell Phone

As civil-liberties advocates force police to release more information on invasive Stingray surveillance, join an international campaign to put a stop to it.

Apr 18, 2016 / NationAction

Presidential candidate Donald Trump at CPAC.

This Article Is Not About Donald Trump This Article Is Not About Donald Trump

And if you believe that, you’ll believe anything.

Apr 18, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

Bernie Sanders leaves the Vatican

Bernie Sanders Went to Rome to Discuss the Immorality of Unfettered Capitalism Bernie Sanders Went to Rome to Discuss the Immorality of Unfettered Capitalism

Here’s the full text of the speech he delivered at the Vatican.

Apr 17, 2016 / John Nichols

Crumpled dollar

The Average Woman Loses Over $10,000 Dollars Every Year to the Gender Pay Gap The Average Woman Loses Over $10,000 Dollars Every Year to the Gender Pay Gap

It’s 2016 and women are still earning just 79 cents for every dollar made by men.

Apr 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Latino Voters in Texas

Latinos and the New Battle for Texas Latinos and the New Battle for Texas

Tejanos will change the state’s politics. But that remake won’t be as simple as either Republicans or Democrats assume.

Apr 15, 2016 / Roberto Lovato

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