Speechbros, Concern Trolls, and the Free-Speech Fraud Speechbros, Concern Trolls, and the Free-Speech Fraud
The anger over ceaseless racial threats has entwined with the recognition of campus as one more zone of unfreedom.
Dec 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
How Diversity Destroyed Affirmative Action How Diversity Destroyed Affirmative Action
Once race-conscious admissions stopped being about equity and reparation, the only argument for it was the enrichment of white students. That was never going to hold up.
Dec 16, 2015 / Sigal Alon
Edge of Sports: Shooting Hoops in Syria Edge of Sports: Shooting Hoops in Syria
On this week’s podcast, Dave Zirin speaks with two former NBA champions, praises the US Women’s National Soccer Team, and explains why Donald Trump wants to erase Muslim ...
Dec 15, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Birth-Control Experts Are Wary of Coercive Tactics in the Push for IUD Use Birth-Control Experts Are Wary of Coercive Tactics in the Push for IUD Use
A new study suggests that experts on long-acting contraception hear reproductive-justice advocates loud and clear.
Dec 15, 2015 / Dani McClain
Welcome to the Quantum Republican Universe Welcome to the Quantum Republican Universe
In this strange domain, the traditional laws of cause and effect no longer apply!
Dec 15, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Why Is the FBI Obsessed With This Portland Imam and His Mosque? Why Is the FBI Obsessed With This Portland Imam and His Mosque?
Ever since 9/11, federal investigators have pursued Sheikh Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye. Yet he has never been charged with a terrorism-related crime.
Dec 15, 2015 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
‘Chi-raq’ Reveals Spike Lee’s Outdated Race Politics ‘Chi-raq’ Reveals Spike Lee’s Outdated Race Politics
At its heart, Chi-raq is a critique of the hypermasculine posturing that props up so much gang violence—but it only examines what that means for men, not women.
Dec 14, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Baltimore Evicts Nearly 7,000 People From Their Homes Every Year Baltimore Evicts Nearly 7,000 People From Their Homes Every Year
It's time to put Baltimore’s broken rent courts on trial.
Dec 14, 2015 / Michelle Chen
The Number of Child Migrants Arriving on the US’s Doorstep Has Doubled Since Last Year The Number of Child Migrants Arriving on the US’s Doorstep Has Doubled Since Last Year
The renewed arrivals revive a heated political debate about just how much the US ought to accommodate children and families who are escaping deadly conditions in Central America.
Dec 14, 2015 / Julianne Hing
A Former Oklahoma City Officer Is Found Guilty in a Sexual-Assault Case A Former Oklahoma City Officer Is Found Guilty in a Sexual-Assault Case
This week brought an end to a much-watched trial that drew attention to the targeting and assault of marginalized women by police.
Dec 11, 2015 / Dani McClain