Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power
The Justice’s dissent in the Michigan college admissions case identified an enduring element of white supremacy clinging to our democracy.
Apr 29, 2014 / Blog / William Greider
1968 Olympian John Carlos Says the NBA Should Seize Donald Sterling’s Team 1968 Olympian John Carlos Says the NBA Should Seize Donald Sterling’s Team
John Carlos has some strong feelings about what fans, players and NBA owners should do about Donald Sterling.
Apr 29, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism
The embattled basketball team owner broke the rules of how one should go about being racist in America.
Apr 28, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Donald Sterling’s Willing Enablers Donald Sterling’s Willing Enablers
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has to account for why the owners have abided Sterling for so long.
Apr 27, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Donald Sterling: Slumlord Billionaire Donald Sterling: Slumlord Billionaire
Following the uproar over audio revelations of a racist rant by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, it is worth noting that Sterling’s racism, misogyny and otherwise awful ...
Apr 26, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Forty Years After the Bloodiest Prison Uprising in US History, the Attica Cover-up Continues Forty Years After the Bloodiest Prison Uprising in US History, the Attica Cover-up Continues
A judge has permitted the partial release of long-sealed Attica papers, but the full story of the assault remains hidden.
Apr 25, 2014 / Scott Christianson
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/25/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/25/2014?
This week: the first Internet bill of rights, a prisoner strike in Alabama and remembering Gabriel García Márquez.
Apr 25, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Why Is Blackwater Helping to Train Brazil’s World Cup Security? Why Is Blackwater Helping to Train Brazil’s World Cup Security?
It was revealed this week that the company Academi—the rebranded private militia once known as Blackwater—has been providing security training for the 2014 World Cup.
Apr 25, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Breaking the Law? Northwestern Football Coach Pressures Players Not to Unionize Breaking the Law? Northwestern Football Coach Pressures Players Not to Unionize
Football coach Pat Fitzgerald has led a scorched-earth operation to keep his team from voting “yes” in their historic union election.
Apr 25, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Did Political Pressure Push Oklahoma’s Supreme Court to Lift a Stay of Execution? Did Political Pressure Push Oklahoma’s Supreme Court to Lift a Stay of Execution?
A state legislator wants to impeach the five justices who granted a state of execution for two death row inmates earlier this week.
Apr 24, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh