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Trump’s Time-Travel Adventure Trump’s Time-Travel Adventure

One man’s incompetence is another man’s principled discipline.

Feb 26, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Maduro

Gen. Simón Bolívar, Latin America’s Liberator, Has Advice for the US Military Gen. Simón Bolívar, Latin America’s Liberator, Has Advice for the US Military

Trump may be an awful president, but the military has no more right to overthrow him in a coup than he does to overthrow Maduro.

Feb 25, 2019 / Ariel Dorfman

The 1919 Chicago Black Sox

The Supreme Court Has Undone a Century of American Opposition to Sports Gambling The Supreme Court Has Undone a Century of American Opposition to Sports Gambling

Legal sports gambling would generate some of the very problems that the revenue from sports gambling would purportedly solve.

Feb 25, 2019 / Ronald Katz

Israeli Solders

The Cost of Being a War Resister in Israel The Cost of Being a War Resister in Israel

A 19-year-old Israeli was jailed six times after refusing military service.

Feb 25, 2019 / Rory Fanning

Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova Is Expelled From an LGBTQ Advocacy Group Over Transphobia Accusations Martina Navratilova Is Expelled From an LGBTQ Advocacy Group Over Transphobia Accusations

The tennis legend’s Sunday Times column saying that trans women should not be allowed in women’s sports provoked her expulsion.

Feb 25, 2019 / Dave Zirin

PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark

PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark

The slow death of Detroit’s famous Packard Automotive Plant.

Feb 25, 2019 / Photo Essay / Camilo José Vergara

Capitalism Is Responsible for Your Depressing Office Building

Capitalism Is Responsible for Your Depressing Office Building Capitalism Is Responsible for Your Depressing Office Building

Over a century ago, John Ruskin predicted how ugly and inhuman industrialized capitalism would become.

Feb 25, 2019 / Chris Gelardi

‘We Need to Start Calling These Folks Out by Name’

‘We Need to Start Calling These Folks Out by Name’ ‘We Need to Start Calling These Folks Out by Name’

The Poor People’s Campaign is pushing DC officials to do more for economic justice in the nation’s capital.

Feb 25, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

The Real National Emergency

The Real National Emergency The Real National Emergency

Bloody NRA.

Feb 25, 2019 / OppArt / Jack Swersie

Amazon HQ2 Protest

The Amazon Deal Was Not Brought Down by a Handful of Politicians The Amazon Deal Was Not Brought Down by a Handful of Politicians

It was felled by a robust grassroots coalition.

Feb 25, 2019 / Jimmy Tobias

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