Society

Didier Fassin

From Right to Favor From Right to Favor

The refugee question as moral crisis.

Apr 5, 2016 / Didier Fassin

We’ve Had 1 Black Woman Senator in 227 Years. Donna Edwards Is Running to Change That.

We’ve Had 1 Black Woman Senator in 227 Years. Donna Edwards Is Running to Change That. We’ve Had 1 Black Woman Senator in 227 Years. Donna Edwards Is Running to Change That.

The progressive congresswoman’s personal story and reputation as a fighter has her surging in Maryland.

Apr 5, 2016 / Feature / Joan Walsh

The Uber app being used in front of a taxicab.

Gig Economy Jobs Don’t Have to Be Awful Gig Economy Jobs Don’t Have to Be Awful

The on-demand economy tends to be great for the consumer and bad for the worker—but it doesn’t have to be that way.

Apr 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Upholds the Historic Principle of One Person, One Vote The Supreme Court Upholds the Historic Principle of One Person, One Vote

A rare win for voting rights by a unanimous court.

Apr 4, 2016 / Ari Berman

The Trauma of Chemical Warfare Continues to Terrorize Syrians

The Trauma of Chemical Warfare Continues to Terrorize Syrians The Trauma of Chemical Warfare Continues to Terrorize Syrians

While the fragile Syrian cease-fire is holding, the horrors of the last five years aren’t easily forgotten.

Apr 1, 2016 / John Knefel

Kasich

Half of the Abortion Clinics in Ohio Have Closed. And Kasich Is a ‘Moderate’? Half of the Abortion Clinics in Ohio Have Closed. And Kasich Is a ‘Moderate’?

Since when does moderate mean “one who does everything in his power to destroy women’s reproductive rights”?

Mar 31, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

D’Angelo Russell

The Lakers Can Kindly Shove Their Bro Code The Lakers Can Kindly Shove Their Bro Code

D’Angelo Russell is being dragged through the mud by his teammates and the media. But it’s his entire organization that should be looking in the mirror.

Mar 31, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Start Making Sense: What Kind of President Would Donald Trump Be?

Start Making Sense: What Kind of President Would Donald Trump Be? Start Making Sense: What Kind of President Would Donald Trump Be?

Sasha Abramsky on Trump, Andrew Cockburn on the Election-Industrial Complex, Erin Aubrey Kaplan on Obama, and Noam Chomsky on baseball.

Mar 31, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Donald Trump Speaking

Women Are Already Punished for Trying to End Their Pregnancies Women Are Already Punished for Trying to End Their Pregnancies

By making legal abortion less and less accessible, anti-choice groups have pushed many women into a legal gray zone.

Mar 30, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Protester outside jail

How Did a Homeless Fast-Food Worker End Up Dead in a Jail Cell? How Did a Homeless Fast-Food Worker End Up Dead in a Jail Cell?

Jeffery Pendleton was arrested on a Tuesday. By Sunday, he was dead.

Mar 30, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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