Kevin Coval's new book of poems Schtick looks at identity and heritage, oppression and resistance--all with biting wit. June 18, 2013
Jeremy Scahill's film and book Dirty Wars provide a sorely needed investigation of U.S. foreign policy in the "war on terror." June 13, 2013
In Egypt and now Turkey, the revolt of the intense and usually apolitical "ultra" soccer fan clubs has been an important factor. June 12, 2013
I love baseball, so here's my own humble advice about a different way to handle the performance-enhancing drug scandal. June 10, 2013
Priests of Our Democracy chronicles the witch-hunts that purged radical teachers from public high schools and colleges. June 5, 2013
The new film version of The Great Gatsby has its problems, but it's worth a look in a new era of excess for the super-rich. May 30, 2013
The same mayor who rammed through the closure of 50 schools wants to hand out $100 million for a new basketball arena. May 29, 2013
Concession workers at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, have voted to strike after three years without a raise. May 21, 2013
A new book on Chávez's Venezuela casts light on the relationship between the radical president and the struggle from below. May 15, 2013
Youth sports are tragically lacking in the very quality that they are supposed to promote: good sportsmanship. But why? May 14, 2013
NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III recently spent an electrifying day at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky. May 9, 2013
NBA player Jason Collins is the first active male athlete in North American professional sports to come out of the closet. May 2, 2013
The Evil Dead remake makes you ask: Don't horror film fans deserve more than empty carnivals of dismemberment and misogyny? May 1, 2013
Steubenville High School officials awarded their rape apologist football coach with a two-year contract extension. April 29, 2013
In honor of those determined to run and not live in fear, we shouldn't easily surrender what made the Boston Marathon so mighty. April 23, 2013
If this week's bombing will always be a part of the Boston Marathon, then so is the story of Kathrine Switzer. April 17, 2013
In a first for a major sports organization, the National Hockey League is taking a stand against anti-LGBT bigotry. April 16, 2013
The first impulse of the NCAA and Adidas was to try to turn a college basketball player's grisly leg injury into dollars. April 8, 2013
A recently published biography of Lucy Parsons makes clear why police called her "more dangerous than a thousand rioters." April 3, 2013
Pro sports leagues need to be educating young men about the need to stand up to rape and violence against women. April 1, 2013
The Academy Award-nominated Palestinian film Five Broken Cameras imagines a new way of seeing--and making--the world. March 26, 2013
Chicago school officials backtracked on their decision to ban the graphic novel Persepolis after an outcry from students and teachers. March 26, 2013
The exhibition They Seek a City reveals early 20th century Chicago as a vibrant city of migrant artists, writers and workers. March 21, 2013
Citizen Radio offers parodies of the right wing and religion--without lapsing into the Islamophobia of the New Atheists. March 21, 2013
The hero worship of Steubenville High School's star football players led to violent sexism and a sense of entitlement. March 20, 2013
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