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What Part of Constitutional Rights Do You Not Understand?

What Part of Constitutional Rights Do You Not Understand? What Part of Constitutional Rights Do You Not Understand?

An injury to one is an injury to all. 

Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow

Dave Zirin: ‘This Is Not White-Man-Burden Time to Stop Domestic Violence’

Dave Zirin: ‘This Is Not White-Man-Burden Time to Stop Domestic Violence’ Dave Zirin: ‘This Is Not White-Man-Burden Time to Stop Domestic Violence’

The NFL has an “army” assembled to fight domestic violence.

Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin

The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers)

The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers) The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers)

How do we calculate the uncompensated labor of Mexican and Central American migrants?

Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / Greg Grandin

St. Louis Rams Players Tell the World That #BlackLivesMatter

St. Louis Rams Players Tell the World That #BlackLivesMatter St. Louis Rams Players Tell the World That #BlackLivesMatter

Five players on the Rams football team made a political stand on Sunday in solidarity with Michael Brown.

Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Children’s AIDS Fund Still Raking In Taxpayer Money

Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Children’s AIDS Fund Still Raking In Taxpayer Money Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Children’s AIDS Fund Still Raking In Taxpayer Money

Newly filed documents reveal that the controversial evangelical organization is still getting federal funds to provide HIV prevention programs in Uganda and Zambia.

Dec 1, 2014 / Andy Kopsa

Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’

Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’ Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’

Even as activists are organizing against police violence, many Americans continue to see blacks as criminals—and want our police to act accordingly.

Nov 29, 2014 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

The Savior Blues: Ray Rice Can Play and Roger Goodell Is Revealed as an Accomplice in Abuse

The Savior Blues: Ray Rice Can Play and Roger Goodell Is Revealed as an Accomplice in Abuse The Savior Blues: Ray Rice Can Play and Roger Goodell Is Revealed as an Accomplice in Abuse

The decision by Judge Barbara Jones to reinstate Ray Rice stands as a brutal judgment on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Nov 28, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin

An Inconvenient Political Truth: That St. Louis Prosecutor Is a Democrat

An Inconvenient Political Truth: That St. Louis Prosecutor Is a Democrat An Inconvenient Political Truth: That St. Louis Prosecutor Is a Democrat

Ferguson teaches us that in elections for local law-enforcement posts the most fundamental choices are made.

Nov 26, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols

Do #BlackLivesMatter to White Athletes? Let’s Ask Them

Do #BlackLivesMatter to White Athletes? Let’s Ask Them Do #BlackLivesMatter to White Athletes? Let’s Ask Them

Black athletes are expressing views across social media about the killing of Michael Brown. It’s past time white athletes took some of this weight.

Nov 25, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin

The Assault on Young Black Life Extends Beyond Ferguson

The Assault on Young Black Life Extends Beyond Ferguson The Assault on Young Black Life Extends Beyond Ferguson

Black youth are perceived as adults, and their behaviors criminalized at every turn. Can this moment help change that?

Nov 25, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain

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