Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team
The grievance letter sent out by the Grambling State Tigers football team reveals a locker room too dangerous to call home.
Oct 21, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment
The Brown Divest Coal Campaign is asking Brown University to divest from any holdings it has in America's fifteen largest coal companies and is hopeful for a “yes” ...
Oct 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Philly Cop Stops Black Man, Tells Him ‘All You Do Is Weaken the F—ing Country’ Philly Cop Stops Black Man, Tells Him ‘All You Do Is Weaken the F—ing Country’
Even blatantly racist cops are still only operatives in a larger racist system.
Oct 18, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Lhota’s Mistake-Filled Attack Ad Depicts de Blasio as Soft on Crime Lhota’s Mistake-Filled Attack Ad Depicts de Blasio as Soft on Crime
Will the media start nodding along to Lhota's new, falsifiable script?
Oct 18, 2013 / Leslie Savan
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/18/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/18/13
This week: law-flouting rabbis, a two-sided portrait of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and the link between standardized testing and soaring ADHD diagnoses.
Oct 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Israel Hater’s Handbook, Continued… The Israel Hater’s Handbook, Continued…
Alterman on Max Blumenthal's Goliath and Reed on how the media enables the govern-by-crisis mentality.
Oct 17, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
My Visit With Edward Snowden My Visit With Edward Snowden
Although living in exile from the country he loves, Snowden is warm, centered and engaged and follows debates about surveillance with a keen legal acumen.
Oct 17, 2013 / Jesselyn Radack
That Time When DC Stopped Funding Domestic Violence Shelters While Both Congressional Gyms Stayed Open That Time When DC Stopped Funding Domestic Violence Shelters While Both Congressional Gyms Stayed Open
Who decides what’s “essential” during a government shutdown?
Oct 17, 2013 / Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
The Maryville case is yet another example of why we need to educate people about rape.
Oct 16, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
The Senate’s Obamacare Tweak Is Unlikely to Damage the Law The Senate’s Obamacare Tweak Is Unlikely to Damage the Law
The Senate’s deal to reopen the government and extend the debt limit reportedly contains a small change to the health law—but it’s not a win for the GOP.
Oct 16, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter