Steubenville and Challenging Rape Culture in Sports Steubenville and Challenging Rape Culture in Sports
The Ohio case raises the chance to discuss why rape culture festers in the world of sports.
Mar 13, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Stopping Rape by Addressing Its Causes Katrina vanden Heuvel: Stopping Rape by Addressing Its Causes
The illogical argument that women should be armed to stop rape comes out of a right-wing political culture that doesn’t listen to women's voices.
Mar 12, 2013 / Press Room
US-Style School Reform Goes South US-Style School Reform Goes South
Reformers are targeting Mexican teachers, wielding tests as a weapon. Sound familiar?
Mar 12, 2013 / Feature / David Bacon
The NCAA: Poster Boy for Corruption and Exploitation The NCAA: Poster Boy for Corruption and Exploitation
The annual hoops hysteria known as March Madness generates a tidal wave of revenue—but the players don’t receive a dime of it.
Mar 12, 2013 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope
When you argue that it’s impossible to stop rape, what you’re really saying is, I don’t care enough to do anything about it.
Mar 12, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
Native Americans Are Not Munchkins: An Open Letter to Michelle Williams Native Americans Are Not Munchkins: An Open Letter to Michelle Williams
For Native Americans, there's no place like home—especially when offensive imagery and racist policies threaten to take it away.
Mar 12, 2013 / Aura Bogado
The Conquest of Nature, and What We’ve Lost The Conquest of Nature, and What We’ve Lost
Are our relations with the animal world going the way of the great auk?
Mar 12, 2013 / Lewis Lapham
Israel: Where Soccer Fans Boo Their Own Players When They Score Israel: Where Soccer Fans Boo Their Own Players When They Score
Hundreds of Israeli soccer fans couldn't stomach the sight of a Muslim player scoring for their own team.
Mar 11, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Maple Spring Part Deux? Maple Spring Part Deux?
What's next for Quebec's student movement?
Mar 11, 2013 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell and StudentNation
This Week: Moving Feminism Forward This Week: Moving Feminism Forward
We’ve come a long way, but we’ve a long way to go in progress for women’s rights.
Mar 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel