Are We in a New Cold War? Are We in a New Cold War?
Stephen Cohen discusses President Obama’s revived policy of containment against Russia on The Thom Hartmann Program.
Apr 25, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why Is Blackwater Helping to Train Brazil’s World Cup Security? Why Is Blackwater Helping to Train Brazil’s World Cup Security?
It was revealed this week that the company Academi—the rebranded private militia once known as Blackwater—has been providing security training for the 2014 World Cup.
Apr 25, 2014 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Breaking the Law? Northwestern Football Coach Pressures Players Not to Unionize Breaking the Law? Northwestern Football Coach Pressures Players Not to Unionize
Football coach Pat Fitzgerald has led a scorched-earth operation to keep his team from voting “yes” in their historic union election.
Apr 25, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Did Political Pressure Push Oklahoma’s Supreme Court to Lift a Stay of Execution? Did Political Pressure Push Oklahoma’s Supreme Court to Lift a Stay of Execution?
A state legislator wants to impeach the five justices who granted a state of execution for two death row inmates earlier this week.
Apr 24, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
We Must Protect Net Neutrality We Must Protect Net Neutrality
Contact Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler and tell him that we need a free and open Internet.
Apr 24, 2014 / NationAction
Fighting Obama’s Deportation Policies Without Papers—and Without Fear Fighting Obama’s Deportation Policies Without Papers—and Without Fear
Undocumented immigrants risk everything to reunite their families.
Apr 24, 2014 / JOMO
Fast-Food CEOs Make 1,200 Times As Much As One of Their Workers—and They Want to Keep It That Way Fast-Food CEOs Make 1,200 Times As Much As One of Their Workers—and They Want to Keep It That Way
The food industry is now the most unequal sector in the American economy.
Apr 24, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Harvard President Drew Faust Is Still Wrong on Climate Change Harvard President Drew Faust Is Still Wrong on Climate Change
President Faust’s statement only amplifies the moral inconsistency of Harvard’s continued investment in the fossil fuel companies that are devastating the planet and bl...
Apr 24, 2014 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin, Canyon Woodward, and StudentNation
And the Lits Keep on Coming! And the Lits Keep on Coming!
The wordplay is the definition. And vice versa.
Apr 24, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Fatah-Hamas Accord Could Rewrite the Rules in the Middle East The Fatah-Hamas Accord Could Rewrite the Rules in the Middle East
That is, if it holds.
Apr 24, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss