Why It Matters That Women Do Most of the Housework Why It Matters That Women Do Most of the Housework
There’s no biological explanation for why women end up doing more housework, so it must stem from societal forces.
Apr 30, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Inmate Dies of Heart Attack After Botched Execution, Oklahoma Postpones Another Inmate Dies of Heart Attack After Botched Execution, Oklahoma Postpones Another
Clayton D. Lockett reacted “violently” to an untested combination of drugs Tuesday before succumbing to a heart attack.
Apr 30, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
Climate Change Will Make Fargo As Hot As Phoenix Climate Change Will Make Fargo As Hot As Phoenix
Nation Editor-at-Large and MSNBC host Chris Hayes appeared on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show to talk climate, politics and his recent bad luck.
Apr 29, 2014 / Blog / Chris Hayes
Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment
The school would have to pay $35,000 per violation under the Clery Act.
Apr 29, 2014 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation
The Sterling Ban: 10 Takeaways From Adam Silver’s and Kevin Johnson’s Press Conferences The Sterling Ban: 10 Takeaways From Adam Silver’s and Kevin Johnson’s Press Conferences
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver brought down the hammer. But there is more work to be done.
Apr 29, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers
The real “takers” are the biggest corporations and banks, the richest Americans.
Apr 29, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Study: Most of the Innocent People Sentenced to Death Have Not Been Exonerated Study: Most of the Innocent People Sentenced to Death Have Not Been Exonerated
Researchers found that about one in twenty-five of people sentenced to death are likely innocent.
Apr 29, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power
The Justice’s dissent in the Michigan college admissions case identified an enduring element of white supremacy clinging to our democracy.
Apr 29, 2014 / Blog / William Greider
1968 Olympian John Carlos Says the NBA Should Seize Donald Sterling’s Team 1968 Olympian John Carlos Says the NBA Should Seize Donald Sterling’s Team
John Carlos has some strong feelings about what fans, players and NBA owners should do about Donald Sterling.
Apr 29, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism
The embattled basketball team owner broke the rules of how one should go about being racist in America.
Apr 28, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith