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Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War

Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War

The ACLU finds that SWAT teams spend more time kicking down suspected drug offenders’ doors than rescuing hostages or stopping gunmen.

Jun 24, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh

Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq

Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq

Instead of ignoring what the neo-cons have to say about the present crisis in Iraq, maybe we should do this...

Jun 24, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow

White Rabbit

White Rabbit White Rabbit

In a guise of scientific seriousness, Nicholas Wade’s new book revives the discredited ideas of history’s most notorious racists.

Jun 23, 2014 / Patricia J. Williams

A Student Fears America’s Gun Laws

A Student Fears America’s Gun Laws A Student Fears America’s Gun Laws

“The slackening of state gun regulations has all the absurdity of a joke, but none of the humor.”

Jun 23, 2014 / StudentNation / Annika Neklason and StudentNation

From the World Cup to the Washington Football Team, Indigenous People Fight to Be Seen

From the World Cup to the Washington Football Team, Indigenous People Fight to Be Seen From the World Cup to the Washington Football Team, Indigenous People Fight to Be Seen

Whether in Brazil or the United States, opponents of Native rights have taken to the tactic of pretending indigenous social justice activists simply do not exist.

Jun 21, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Human Rights Groups Blast Obama’s Plan to Open New Immigrant Family Detention Centers

Human Rights Groups Blast Obama’s Plan to Open New Immigrant Family Detention Centers Human Rights Groups Blast Obama’s Plan to Open New Immigrant Family Detention Centers

“We’re really concerned that these detention centers…will not be under compliance with international law.”

Jun 20, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh

How ENDA Still Allows Discrimination Against LGBT Workers

How ENDA Still Allows Discrimination Against LGBT Workers How ENDA Still Allows Discrimination Against LGBT Workers

The religious exemption in the current version of ENDA would enshrine the idea that LGBT equality is incompatible with the free exercise of religion.

Jun 20, 2014 / Tobias Barrington Wolff

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 6/20/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 6/20/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 6/20/14?

This week: the ISIS, hip-hop in Pakistan, and confronting Cohn's assertion about Latin@ identity

Jun 19, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

FIFA Ignores Brazil’s Economic Woes, Provoking Resistance

FIFA Ignores Brazil’s Economic Woes, Provoking Resistance FIFA Ignores Brazil’s Economic Woes, Provoking Resistance

Another day of World Cup games means another day of protests from the Brazilian people. 

Jun 19, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin and Press Room

The Gender Flaw in ‘My Brother’s Keeper’

The Gender Flaw in ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ The Gender Flaw in ‘My Brother’s Keeper’

Women of color are affected by racism too. We can’t keep sending the message that they aren’t.

Jun 19, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

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