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ISIS Wants You to Share This

ISIS Wants You to Share This ISIS Wants You to Share This

How the well-meaning public became a handmaiden for terror.

Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / Rafia Zakaria

Athlete-Activists Can’t Be Scared Silent After the Murder of Two NYPD Officers

Athlete-Activists Can’t Be Scared Silent After the Murder of Two NYPD Officers Athlete-Activists Can’t Be Scared Silent After the Murder of Two NYPD Officers

Fighting for breath when police and media are declaring war against a peaceful movement could not be more pressing.

Dec 22, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Interview With Ariyana Smith: The First Athlete Activist of #BlackLivesMatter

Interview With Ariyana Smith: The First Athlete Activist of #BlackLivesMatter Interview With Ariyana Smith: The First Athlete Activist of #BlackLivesMatter

Ariyana Smith lay on the court for four and a half minutes before her team’s game on November 29. She did not know that she would be the first in a historic movement of athle...

Dec 19, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Walmart’s Pregnancy Policy May Make You Sick

Walmart’s Pregnancy Policy May Make You Sick Walmart’s Pregnancy Policy May Make You Sick

Walmart to pregnant women: choose between a healthy pregnancy and a job.

Dec 19, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen

2014 Was Awful, Part 1

2014 Was Awful, Part 1 2014 Was Awful, Part 1

Here's to a new year!

Dec 19, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow

Watch The Colbert Report’s Triumphant Final Song

Watch The Colbert Report’s Triumphant Final Song Watch The Colbert Report’s Triumphant Final Song

Katrina vanden Heuvel joins Stephen Colbert and friends for one last song.

Dec 19, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Cops Hate Being Filmed. So Why Are They OK With Body Cameras?

The Cops Hate Being Filmed. So Why Are They OK With Body Cameras? The Cops Hate Being Filmed. So Why Are They OK With Body Cameras?

Body cameras have been embraced by the police, even as police attack cop-watch patrols.

Dec 19, 2014 / Raven Rakia

How Should Journalists Cover Sexual Assault?

How Should Journalists Cover Sexual Assault? How Should Journalists Cover Sexual Assault?

What responsibilities do journalists have when reporting on sexual assault?

Dec 18, 2014 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry

What ‘The Colbert Report’ Taught Us About the Psychology of Conservatives

What ‘The Colbert Report’ Taught Us About the Psychology of Conservatives What ‘The Colbert Report’ Taught Us About the Psychology of Conservatives

Instead of trying the key from the outside, as most critics of the right must, Colbert jiggled it from the inside, counterfeit though his key was.

Dec 18, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan

Whirlwind Deportations Are Depriving Thousands of Migrants of Their Rights—and Some, of Their Lives

Whirlwind Deportations Are Depriving Thousands of Migrants of Their Rights—and Some, of Their Lives Whirlwind Deportations Are Depriving Thousands of Migrants of Their Rights—and Some, of Their Lives

A review of the Obama administration's deportation practices reveals flagrant disregard for the law, and even human life.

Dec 17, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen

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