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Do Ron Paul Supporters Really Think a Racist Ad Helps Their Candidate? Do Ron Paul Supporters Really Think a Racist Ad Helps Their Candidate?

With supporters like these, who needs critics?

Jan 10, 2012 / Katie Halper

Melissa Harris-Perry on ‘The Colbert Report’: Stereotypes and Black Women in America Melissa Harris-Perry on ‘The Colbert Report’: Stereotypes and Black Women in America

How putting the stories of African-American women at the center shifts the entire trajectory and resonance of the classic American story.

Jan 10, 2012 / Press Room

John Carlos: Running for Justice John Carlos: Running for Justice

What does an Olympic athlete do after his politics get him suspended from the US track team and banned from the Olympic Village? 

Jan 9, 2012 / Press Room

2011: Upending The Conversational Patterns That Will Matter in 2012 2011: Upending The Conversational Patterns That Will Matter in 2012

An expert on conversations gives new insight into the transitions of 2011 that give hope for the year ahead.

Jan 9, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue

Tim Tebow: Praising the Player. Hating the Game. Tim Tebow: Praising the Player. Hating the Game.

I was wrong that Tim Tebow would flop as a quarterback. But his on-field success shouldn’t cloud what he stands for off the field.

Jan 9, 2012 / Dave Zirin

A Decade of No Child Left Behind A Decade of No Child Left Behind

Assessing the landmark education legislation on its tenth anniversary.

Jan 6, 2012 / Dana Goldstein

NFL Players Association Puts Out Statement Against Indiana’s ‘Right-to-Work’ Agenda NFL Players Association Puts Out Statement Against Indiana’s ‘Right-to-Work’ Agenda

The Super Bowl is coming to Indianapolis in a month, and the NFLPA is not being silent about the Right to Work agenda in the statehouse,

Jan 6, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Pity Tim Tebow. Seriously. Pity Tim Tebow. Seriously.

Tim Tebow might not be a qb much longer, a victim of his own supporters.

Jan 5, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Rick Santorum Is Not a ‘Working-Class Candidate’ Rick Santorum Is Not a ‘Working-Class Candidate’

Conservative commenators and mainstream reporters describing Santorum as an advocate of the working class based solely on his rhetoric, when his actual policies are plutocratic.&nb...

Jan 5, 2012 / Ben Adler

FAQ: What Are the Rights of Reporters Covering Protests? FAQ: What Are the Rights of Reporters Covering Protests?

Reporting on protests is no easy job—just ask the thirty-six reporters arrested while covering the Occupy movement. Do reporters have a right to gather the news?

Jan 4, 2012 / Jonathan Peters

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