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Fox News Attacks When Black Women Clap Back

Fox News Attacks When Black Women Clap Back Fox News Attacks When Black Women Clap Back

The network has long gone after progressive black leaders. Last month it targeted two women far outside the Beltway.

Apr 2, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain

Federal Bill Calls on Universities to Enact Anti-Harassment Policies

Federal Bill Calls on Universities to Enact Anti-Harassment Policies Federal Bill Calls on Universities to Enact Anti-Harassment Policies

A new bill in Congress calls on universities to pro-actively address harassment, or risk losing federal funds.

Apr 2, 2014 / StudentNation / Matthew Lloyd-Thomas, Wesley Yiin, and StudentNation

Can Soccer Save the Left?

Can Soccer Save the Left? Can Soccer Save the Left?

In the London neighborhood of Forest Gate, the spark of a soccer revolution is brewing.

Apr 2, 2014 / Mark Bergfeld

#CancelColbert and the Return of the Anti-Liberal Left

#CancelColbert and the Return of the Anti-Liberal Left #CancelColbert and the Return of the Anti-Liberal Left

The left can only afford to be contemptuous of liberal values when the right isn't in charge. 

Apr 2, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg

Rick Perry Says Texas Won’t Comply With Federal Standards to Curb Prison Rape

Rick Perry Says Texas Won’t Comply With Federal Standards to Curb Prison Rape Rick Perry Says Texas Won’t Comply With Federal Standards to Curb Prison Rape

Texas consistently has some of the highest national rates of prison rape.

Apr 2, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh

How Obama’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Could Really Make a Difference

How Obama’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Could Really Make a Difference How Obama’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Could Really Make a Difference

Lecturing black men isn’t going to help them overcome the barriers they face. Better jobs and education policies will.

Apr 2, 2014 / Editorial / Pedro Noguera

Why Do So Many Leftists Want Sex Work to Be the New Normal?

Why Do So Many Leftists Want Sex Work to Be the New Normal? Why Do So Many Leftists Want Sex Work to Be the New Normal?

Yes, let’s erase stigma. But feminists, please: let’s not forget to talk about male privilege.

Apr 2, 2014 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Why Does ‘Morning Joe’ Throw Mika Into the Toilet?

Why Does ‘Morning Joe’ Throw Mika Into the Toilet? Why Does ‘Morning Joe’ Throw Mika Into the Toilet?

Can’t any of you chicks take a joke?

Apr 1, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan

We Don’t Need Heidegger’s Notebooks to Know That He Was a Despicable Anti-Semite

We Don’t Need Heidegger’s Notebooks to Know That He Was a Despicable Anti-Semite We Don’t Need Heidegger’s Notebooks to Know That He Was a Despicable Anti-Semite

Their recent publication tells us nothing we didn’t already know, or could easily have inferred, from his biography.

Apr 1, 2014 / Norman Birnbaum

Why the Media Are Giving a Free Pass to Venezuela’s Neo-Fascist Creeps

Why the Media Are Giving a Free Pass to Venezuela’s Neo-Fascist Creeps Why the Media Are Giving a Free Pass to Venezuela’s Neo-Fascist Creeps

Roberto Lovato interviews intellectual heavyweight Luis García Britto about the role of the media in the current conflict in Venezuela. 

Apr 1, 2014 / Roberto Lovato

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