#FergusonOctober Comes to Monday Night Football #FergusonOctober Comes to Monday Night Football
Ferguson October protesters want football fans to know that "Black lives matter, on and off the field."
Oct 14, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Brain Cancer Cases Shot Up in This Florida Town—Is a Defense Contractor to Blame? Brain Cancer Cases Shot Up in This Florida Town—Is a Defense Contractor to Blame?
For years, radioactive waste has seeped into swampland, canals—even drinking water. Now a few families are fighting to hold the polluters accountable.
Oct 14, 2014 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Big Soda Is Outspending Its Opposition 10-to-1 to Fight a Soda Tax in Berkeley Big Soda Is Outspending Its Opposition 10-to-1 to Fight a Soda Tax in Berkeley
Berkeley residents overwhelmingly support the measure, but beverage companies are fighting back.
Oct 14, 2014 / Anna Lappé
The Counter-Intuitivist The Counter-Intuitivist
Prepare to have your mind blown.
Oct 13, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
‘Raiders Night’ Comes to Sayreville ‘Raiders Night’ Comes to Sayreville
High school football, hazing, sexual assault and a truth more horrifying than fiction.
Oct 13, 2014 / Dave Zirin
The Wage Gap Makes Perfect Sense When Tech Executives Say What They Really Think About Women The Wage Gap Makes Perfect Sense When Tech Executives Say What They Really Think About Women
What is said off the cuff, even in front of an audience full of women, gives us insight into what women are still up against in the tech industry.
Oct 13, 2014 / Bryce Covert
How Can You Tell If US Hospitals Are Prepared for Ebola? Ask a Nurse. How Can You Tell If US Hospitals Are Prepared for Ebola? Ask a Nurse.
This is not a time to panic. It is a time to get things right.
Oct 13, 2014 / John Nichols
If Airport Ebola Screening Makes You Feel Safer, You Should Know What Workers Are Saying If Airport Ebola Screening Makes You Feel Safer, You Should Know What Workers Are Saying
Some airport workers have not been trained on handling exposures which could put them at risk of Ebola, hepatitis B and HIV infection.
Oct 12, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t
How the WHO’s blindness and Western biases let the Ebola epidemic run wild.
Oct 10, 2014 / Annie Sparrow
There Is No Constitutional Right to Harass Women Online There Is No Constitutional Right to Harass Women Online
The stalking, harassment and defaming of women online shows the importance of cyber civil rights.
Oct 10, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg