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#AskJessica: Why Don’t Feminists Care More About Anthony Weiner?

#AskJessica: Why Don’t Feminists Care More About Anthony Weiner? #AskJessica: Why Don’t Feminists Care More About Anthony Weiner?

Because we have more important things to worry about. 

Aug 2, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

With One Prisoner Dead, Will California Listen to the Hunger Strikers?

With One Prisoner Dead, Will California Listen to the Hunger Strikers? With One Prisoner Dead, Will California Listen to the Hunger Strikers?

The death of Billy “Guero” Sell will not be the last, warn advocates for prisoners refusing to eat or work.

Aug 2, 2013 / Victoria Law

Education Reform, Chicago-Style

Education Reform, Chicago-Style Education Reform, Chicago-Style

How the bullying of a hero-teacher shows shows up the pretentions of Chicago's school establishment.

Aug 2, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

When Cops Criminalize the Disabled

When Cops Criminalize the Disabled When Cops Criminalize the Disabled

Ethan Saylor died because police responded with rapid and unnecessary force to his disability. I worry, not only for my son with Down Syndrome, but for all others who face similar ...

Aug 1, 2013 / David M. Perry

Harry Reid Expects the Senate Will Take Up Background Checks Before Midterms

Harry Reid Expects the Senate Will Take Up Background Checks Before Midterms Harry Reid Expects the Senate Will Take Up Background Checks Before Midterms

As grassroots organizers mobilize across the country for stronger gun control, the Senate majority leader throws down a crucial marker. 

Aug 1, 2013 / George Zornick

Invisible Women: The Consequences of Forgetting Sybrina Fulton

Invisible Women: The Consequences of Forgetting Sybrina Fulton Invisible Women: The Consequences of Forgetting Sybrina Fulton

We can no longer afford to leave black women’s experiences out of the narrative anti-black racism in the United States. 

Aug 1, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith

The Monsterization of Trayvon Martin

The Monsterization of Trayvon Martin The Monsterization of Trayvon Martin

How George Zimmerman’s lawyers exploited racist stereotypes to justify the fear—and killing—of black men.

Jul 31, 2013 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams

Why Do the People Raising Our Children Earn Poverty Wages?

Why Do the People Raising Our Children Earn Poverty Wages? Why Do the People Raising Our Children Earn Poverty Wages?

Women who care for poor kids are often mothers living in poverty themselves.

Jul 31, 2013 / Feature / E. Tammy Kim

Johnny Manziel and Trayvon Martin: (Almost) Nothing in Common

Johnny Manziel and Trayvon Martin: (Almost) Nothing in Common Johnny Manziel and Trayvon Martin: (Almost) Nothing in Common

The two most dissected young people of 2013 show how this country eats its young.

Jul 31, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Dispatches from the Front: On Narconovelas

Dispatches from the Front: On Narconovelas Dispatches from the Front: On Narconovelas

All wars have their bards, and Mexico’s ongoing narco wars are no exception.

Jul 31, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Volpi

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