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Donald Sterling and Anderson Cooper: Meet the Wolf of Crenshaw

Donald Sterling and Anderson Cooper: Meet the Wolf of Crenshaw Donald Sterling and Anderson Cooper: Meet the Wolf of Crenshaw

Donald Sterling’s cardinal error as a racist was not harming people on Crenshaw or in East LA. It is the fact that he is “an impolite racist.” Burying the poor is...

May 13, 2014 / Dave Zirin

No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal

No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal

Could we finally be leaving Mayor Bloomberg’s Gilded City behind? 

May 12, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

NYU Just Dropped Its Contract With JanSport—Why Is That a Victory for Global Labor Rights?

NYU Just Dropped Its Contract With JanSport—Why Is That a Victory for Global Labor Rights? NYU Just Dropped Its Contract With JanSport—Why Is That a Victory for Global Labor Rights?

New York University’s Student Labor Action Movement got the the administration to finally act responsibility when doing business with the global fashion industry.

May 12, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Democrat? Green? Independent? The ‘Run Bernie Run’ Jockeying

Democrat? Green? Independent? The ‘Run Bernie Run’ Jockeying Democrat? Green? Independent? The ‘Run Bernie Run’ Jockeying

Senator Sanders is considering a presidential bid. Activists want him to consider his political options.

May 12, 2014 / John Nichols

The Media Did Not Have Relations With ‘That Story’

The Media Did Not Have Relations With ‘That Story’ The Media Did Not Have Relations With ‘That Story’

Have the media grown up half as much as Monica Lewinsky?

May 12, 2014 / Leslie Savan

As Iran and the P5+1 Meet Again, Optimism Abounds

As Iran and the P5+1 Meet Again, Optimism Abounds As Iran and the P5+1 Meet Again, Optimism Abounds

Hardliners in Israel, in Iran and in Congress are in the minority, it seems.

May 12, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Debate Over Voting Rights Is Shifting Dramatically. Just Ask Rand Paul.

The Debate Over Voting Rights Is Shifting Dramatically. Just Ask Rand Paul. The Debate Over Voting Rights Is Shifting Dramatically. Just Ask Rand Paul.

The Tea Party darling has now criticized the GOP on voter ID and cutting early voting, and is pushing to restore voting rights to nonviolent felons.

May 12, 2014 / Ari Berman

Michael Sam Gets Drafted, and the NFL Has Issues

Michael Sam Gets Drafted, and the NFL Has Issues Michael Sam Gets Drafted, and the NFL Has Issues

Sam fell to the 249th pick in the seventh round. His desire to control his own narrative was more harmful than his forty time.

May 10, 2014 / Dave Zirin

A Mother’s Day ‘Week of Action’ to #FreeMarissa

A Mother’s Day ‘Week of Action’ to #FreeMarissa A Mother’s Day ‘Week of Action’ to #FreeMarissa

Seventy percent of incarcerated women are mothers.

May 9, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

What Monica Lewinsky Gets Wrong About Tyler Clementi

What Monica Lewinsky Gets Wrong About Tyler Clementi What Monica Lewinsky Gets Wrong About Tyler Clementi

Her comparison of the Lewinsky-Clinton affair to the suicide of an unknown gay Rutgers freshman is gross and inaccurate.

May 9, 2014 / Richard Kim

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