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The Pretense of Balanced Debate: Behind the Media’s Blackout of Antiwar Views

The Pretense of Balanced Debate: Behind the Media’s Blackout of Antiwar Views The Pretense of Balanced Debate: Behind the Media’s Blackout of Antiwar Views

Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on the two-party debate that has only one, pro-war side.

Sep 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

We Spend $68 Billion a Year on Intelligence Agencies—and They Don’t Really Work

We Spend $68 Billion a Year on Intelligence Agencies—and They Don’t Really Work We Spend $68 Billion a Year on Intelligence Agencies—and They Don’t Really Work

US intelligence has been blindside by the rise and spread of ISIS and the collapse of the Iraqi army.

Sep 30, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt

Questions About California’s New Campus Rape Law

Questions About California’s New Campus Rape Law Questions About California’s New Campus Rape Law

Taken literally, California’s new law mandating an affirmative consent standard on college campuses could redefine a lot of consensual sex as rape. Should we be worried?

Sep 29, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg

Is ‘Big Data’ Actually Reinforcing Social Inequalities?

Is ‘Big Data’ Actually Reinforcing Social Inequalities? Is ‘Big Data’ Actually Reinforcing Social Inequalities?

An increasingly technologized world makes life easier… for some people, anyway.

Sep 29, 2014 / Michelle Chen

From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice

From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice

For young people across the country, generational moments collide.

Sep 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Are Gaza Protests Coming to the NBA Preseason?

Are Gaza Protests Coming to the NBA Preseason? Are Gaza Protests Coming to the NBA Preseason?

Activists want to know why there will be a Friends of the IDF hosted fundraiser at the Barclay’s Center before a Brooklyn Nets preseason game.

Sep 29, 2014 / Dave Zirin

My Brother’s Keeper Will Expand, but Not to Include Women and Girls

My Brother’s Keeper Will Expand, but Not to Include Women and Girls My Brother’s Keeper Will Expand, but Not to Include Women and Girls

President Obama gave a nod to women and girls of color, but critics say his racial justice initiative still misses the mark.

Sep 28, 2014 / Dani McClain

Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom

Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom

Students in Newark, New Jersey, walked out of class earlier this month in protest of the “One Newark” plan to privatize the district’s schools. A substitute teach...

Sep 26, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Nyle Fort

Colbert: ‘The Cocks on Fox’ Are Wrong About ‘Boobs on the Ground’

Colbert: ‘The Cocks on Fox’ Are Wrong About ‘Boobs on the Ground’ Colbert: ‘The Cocks on Fox’ Are Wrong About ‘Boobs on the Ground’

Bolling apologized, he said, because his wife gave him “the look.” Sounds sincere to us!

Sep 26, 2014 / Leslie Savan

Roxane Gay Is a Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay Is a Bad Feminist Roxane Gay Is a Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay talks about rewriting the rules of feminism.

Sep 26, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry

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