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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

Barbara Lee

Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan

And one congresswoman is not having it.

Oct 15, 2015 / John Nichols

Colleges Are Spending 7 Times More on Athletics Than They Are on Academics

Colleges Are Spending 7 Times More on Athletics Than They Are on Academics Colleges Are Spending 7 Times More on Athletics Than They Are on Academics

It’s time to stop and ask where your money is going—and why.

Oct 15, 2015 / Brave New Films

Fight for 15 protest

It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place

The American Psychological Association is marshaling research that shows alleviating poverty improves mental health.

Oct 15, 2015 / Benjamin Ryan

Workers in a Foxconn factory in Guangdong province, China.

2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film 2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film

Apple is relentless toward its overseas labor force and remarkably innovative in its approach to tax avoidance.

Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’?

How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’? How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’?

Imaginative legal reasoning deals a real blow.

Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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Letters From the November 2, 2015, Issue Letters From the November 2, 2015, Issue

Judging the Court… Hitchens’s exceptionalism… Don’t burn Bernie!… Sinatra always had a cold…

Oct 15, 2015 / Our Readers and Greg Grandin

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