Police Unions Don’t Serve the People. Can the Labor Movement Force Them To? Police Unions Don’t Serve the People. Can the Labor Movement Force Them To?
We banned police from the “house of labor.” Look at them now.
Jan 9, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Dear Boston: Say Hell No to the Olympic Games Dear Boston: Say Hell No to the Olympic Games
The USOC’s choice to propose having the 2024 Olympics to Boston should be seen as a call to protest.
Jan 9, 2015 / Dave Zirin
The District Attorney Who Failed to Secure an Indictment Against Eric Garner’s Killer May Be Running for Congress The District Attorney Who Failed to Secure an Indictment Against Eric Garner’s Killer May Be Running for Congress
Could the new civil rights movement thwart the Staten Island DA’s ambitions?
Jan 8, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Nous Sommes Tous Charlie: Defend Freedom of Expression in France and Around the World Nous Sommes Tous Charlie: Defend Freedom of Expression in France and Around the World
We cannot have democracy without a free press, and the robust debate it fosters.
Jan 8, 2015 / John Nichols
Lessons From ‘Selma’: It Takes a Movement Lessons From ‘Selma’: It Takes a Movement
Pushing this country forward takes more than a sympathetic president.
Jan 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What’s the Real Reason Al Qaeda Attacked ‘Charlie Hebdo’? What’s the Real Reason Al Qaeda Attacked ‘Charlie Hebdo’?
The attack in Paris was all about polarizing the French and European public.
Jan 8, 2015 / Juan Cole
What ‘Selma’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About Civil-Rights History What ‘Selma’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About Civil-Rights History
It took MLK’s activism and LBJ’s leadership to pass the Voting Rights Act.
Jan 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
Fox Captures the Culprit for the Paris Attacks: Bill de Blasio, With an Assist From Obama Fox Captures the Culprit for the Paris Attacks: Bill de Blasio, With an Assist From Obama
Not even the conservative media could connect the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris to #BlackLivesMatter protests in New York City… could they?
Jan 7, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Elizabeth Warren Just Gave a Really Important—and Revealing—Speech Elizabeth Warren Just Gave a Really Important—and Revealing—Speech
Warren’s focus on the structural problems with the American economy staked out a clear line dividing the moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic party.
Jan 7, 2015 / George Zornick
America’s Workplaces Are Hostile to Families America’s Workplaces Are Hostile to Families
To fix social problems, we need to stop looking to marriage, and start creating more equitable public policy.
Jan 7, 2015 / Michelle Chen