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Challenging Major League Baseball’s New Managerial Color Line

Challenging Major League Baseball’s New Managerial Color Line Challenging Major League Baseball’s New Managerial Color Line

With zero African-American managers and only one Latino manager, baseball needs an affirmative-action policy with actual teeth.

Oct 19, 2015 / Dave Zirin

home health aide Maria Fernandez, left, pours cereal for Herminia Vega, 83.

Why We Need to Take Care of the Workers Behind Home Health Care Why We Need to Take Care of the Workers Behind Home Health Care

Turnover in the home-based health-care industry is as high as 60 percent. We need to change that.

Oct 19, 2015 / Michelle Chen

I Went to Prison at Age 60. Here’s What I Learned.

I Went to Prison at Age 60. Here’s What I Learned. I Went to Prison at Age 60. Here’s What I Learned.

Don’t overlook the needs of the elderly in criminal-justice reform.

Oct 19, 2015 / Evie Litwok

October 19, 2003: Pope John Paul II Beatifies Mother Teresa

October 19, 2003: Pope John Paul II Beatifies Mother Teresa October 19, 2003: Pope John Paul II Beatifies Mother Teresa

“‘Mother’ Teresa has always preached indulgence to the rich and sacrifice and acceptance to the poor.”

Oct 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

October 17, 1931: Al Capone Is Convicted of Income Tax Evasion and Sent to Federal Prison

October 17, 1931: Al Capone Is Convicted of Income Tax Evasion and Sent to Federal Prison October 17, 1931: Al Capone Is Convicted of Income Tax Evasion and Sent to Federal Prison

“Only one thing keeps Al from being supreme: he has to split the millions in profits with his compatriots, the politicians.”

Oct 17, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Haiti’s Earthquake Was Devastating. The Cholera Epidemic Was Worse.

Haiti’s Earthquake Was Devastating. The Cholera Epidemic Was Worse. Haiti’s Earthquake Was Devastating. The Cholera Epidemic Was Worse.

If someone had poisoned New York’s water supply and killed 9,000 people, it would have been the most litigated public health disaster of all time. But when it happened in Haiti? No...

Oct 16, 2015 / Fran Quigley

Democratic presidential debate Las Vegas

After One Good Debate, Democrats Need to Schedule a Lot More of Them After One Good Debate, Democrats Need to Schedule a Lot More of Them

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is right: Democrats must display a “greater engagement in our democratic process at a critical time.”

Oct 16, 2015 / John Nichols

Workers protest outside a B&H store in New York.

Workers Fight Back Against Racism, Wage Theft, Toxic Hazards, and Chronic Overwork at Brooklyn B&H Warehouse Workers Fight Back Against Racism, Wage Theft, Toxic Hazards, and Chronic Overwork at Brooklyn B&H Warehouse

The vintage retailer’s mom-and-pop branding doesn’t immunize it from the structural bias and exploitation pervading low-wage logistics work.

Oct 16, 2015 / Michelle Chen

October 16, 1995: The Million Man March in Washington, DC

October 16, 1995: The Million Man March in Washington, DC October 16, 1995: The Million Man March in Washington, DC

“Whatever its misogynous and separatist underpinnings, this march drew on a well of community-based black activism.”

Oct 16, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Lamar Odom Deserves Better

Lamar Odom Deserves Better Lamar Odom Deserves Better

Lamar Odom is not a punchline. He’s someone who has lived in a state of self-medication as a means of self-preservation.

Oct 15, 2015 / Dave Zirin

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