Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, the New Dissidents? Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, the New Dissidents?
The United States is no Soviet Union—and yet it has set up machinery that satisfies certain tendencies that are in the genetic code of totalitarianism.
Sep 4, 2013 / Jonathan Schell
From the Sunbelt to Capitol Hill, Students Mass for Racial Justice From the Sunbelt to Capitol Hill, Students Mass for Racial Justice
To commemorate the March on Washington, students sat-in, died-in and boycotted school.
Sep 4, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Jester and Priest: On Leszek Kolakowski Jester and Priest: On Leszek Kolakowski
How the great Polish philosopher went from being an anticlerical scourge to an apostle of John Paul II.
Sep 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / John Connelly
College Football’s Strange Gods College Football’s Strange Gods
What I learned from my failure to flunk an “amateur” college football star.
Sep 3, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
How Roger Goodell Is Breaking Bad How Roger Goodell Is Breaking Bad
There is a disturbing amount of Walter White in the NFL commissioner.
Sep 3, 2013 / Dave Zirin
How Not to Talk to White Parents How Not to Talk to White Parents
What was a developing national conversation about race is fast vanishing.
Sep 3, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Protesting Activists’ Firings, Walmart Workers Plan the Biggest Mobilization Since Black Friday Protesting Activists’ Firings, Walmart Workers Plan the Biggest Mobilization Since Black Friday
The Thursday protests will hit fifteen cities.
Sep 3, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Radical Jewish Intellectual on Trial in Greece Radical Jewish Intellectual on Trial in Greece
Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn sues activist for libel.
Sep 2, 2013 / Maria Margaronis
Acting Older Isn’t Being Older: How We Fail Young Rape Victims Acting Older Isn’t Being Older: How We Fail Young Rape Victims
Why biological maturity or “acting” mature are not the same thing as being a consenting adult.
Sep 2, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
The NFL Concussion Deal: Rotten From All Sides The NFL Concussion Deal: Rotten From All Sides
The NFL settled its concussion lawsuit for a pittance and we are colletively letting them get away with it.
Aug 30, 2013 / Dave Zirin