‘No Action Taken’ on 97 Percent of Border Patrol Abuse Complaints ‘No Action Taken’ on 97 Percent of Border Patrol Abuse Complaints
One agent got away with allegedly kicking a pregnant woman, causing her to miscarry.
May 6, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Guilty: Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan Now Faces up to 7 Years in Prison Guilty: Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan Now Faces up to 7 Years in Prison
With Monday’s verdict, McMillan became one of the first Occupy activists to face serious jail time.
May 6, 2014 / Amity Paye
Tell LeBron James to #SlamJunk Tell LeBron James to #SlamJunk
Fabulously wealthy NBA basketball players have been especially quick to take McDonald’s lucre in return for shilling for junk food their teams would never let them eat.
May 5, 2014 / Peter Rothberg
The GED Is Getting Tougher for Students Who Need it Most The GED Is Getting Tougher for Students Who Need it Most
An alternative education that makes sense would go beyond test prep
May 5, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Supreme Court OKs Christian Prayer at Government Meetings Supreme Court OKs Christian Prayer at Government Meetings
After today's egregious Supreme Court decision, expect a lot more sectarian prayer at local government events
May 5, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington
Will the Pulaski Skyway bring down New Jersey’s governor?
May 5, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
No One Cares If You Never Apologize for Your White Male Privilege No One Cares If You Never Apologize for Your White Male Privilege
There are no American institutions of power that are founded on wholesale discrimination against white men. That’s not the case for the rest of us.
May 5, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
No Sympathy for Shelly Sterling No Sympathy for Shelly Sterling
At the behest of LA Clippers coach Doc Rivers, the wife of banned owner Donald Sterling sits courtside. She really shouldn’t.
May 5, 2014 / Dave Zirin
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[VIDEO] Watch Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Accept the 2014 Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling [VIDEO] Watch Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Accept the 2014 Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling
“I realized that…the most likely outcome of returning this information to public hands would be that I would spend the rest of my life in prison. I did it because I th...
May 5, 2014 / The Nation
Whitewash: How ‘The New York Times’ Just Rewrote the History of Sports Whitewash: How ‘The New York Times’ Just Rewrote the History of Sports
An article by The New York Times about sport's role in progressive politics tells a very selective history.
May 3, 2014 / Dave Zirin