GQ’s ’25 Coolest Athletes of All Time’ has a Slight Omission: An Entire Gender GQ’s ’25 Coolest Athletes of All Time’ has a Slight Omission: An Entire Gender
GQ's list of the 25 Coolest Athletes of All Time is a study in historic ignorance.
Aug 16, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Boycott Campaign Contributions? That’s a Terrible Idea Boycott Campaign Contributions? That’s a Terrible Idea
The New York Times’s Joe Nocera might think otherwise, but a boycott of campaign contributions and fundraising is the last thing you want in a representative democracy.
Aug 15, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
A Handful of Rural Right-Wing Extremists Chase Tim Pawlenty Out of the Race A Handful of Rural Right-Wing Extremists Chase Tim Pawlenty Out of the Race
A small sample of far-right-wing Iowa Republicans favored Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann over Tim Pawlenty in the meaningless Iowa Straw Poll. So Pawlenty dropped out of the preside...
Aug 14, 2011 / Ben Adler
HBO’s Gloria Steinem Doc Glosses over Race, and Fails to Assess the Second Wave’s Legacy HBO’s Gloria Steinem Doc Glosses over Race, and Fails to Assess the Second Wave’s Legacy
Gloria Steinem and Second Wave feminism deserve a far more sophisticated and critical treatment.
Aug 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Dana Goldstein
Five Questions for Rick Perry Five Questions for Rick Perry
Texas Governor Rick Perry has joined the presidential race. Here are some questions he should have to answer.
Aug 12, 2011 / Ben Adler
Who’s Paying the Super-Committee? Who’s Paying the Super-Committee?
The "super-committee" that will decide $1.5 trillion in cuts and potentially sweeping changes to entitlements and the tax code has raked in hundreds of millions of dollar...
Aug 12, 2011 / George Zornick
The London Olympics and the London Riots The London Olympics and the London Riots
It aint exactly Shakespeare, but it is actually what happened earlier this week as the London Olympic Committee staged a beach volleyball exhibition as fires engulfed the cit...
Aug 12, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Republican Debate Offers No Policy Solutions Republican Debate Offers No Policy Solutions
At the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa, Republican candidates failed to explain how they would solve problems in the world that actually exists.
Aug 12, 2011 / Ben Adler
Congressional Democrats Call for Jobs ‘Super Committee’ Congressional Democrats Call for Jobs ‘Super Committee’
An increasing number of Democrats in Congress are calling on Washington to address the immediate jobs crisis.
Aug 11, 2011 / Ari Berman
The Real Problem with the Congressional ‘Super-Committee’ The Real Problem with the Congressional ‘Super-Committee’
The scope of the debt-reduction committee, rather than who’s on it, is what should most worry progressives.
Aug 10, 2011 / Ari Berman