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‘Sports Illustrated’ and the death of sports media

‘Sports Illustrated’ and the death of sports media

The debacle at ‘Sports Illustrated’ shows how hedge funds and venture capitalists are doing to sports media what they do best: destroying it.

by Dave Zirin April 10, 2024April 10, 2024

Illegal real estate sales of Palestinian land are happening around the US

Illegal real estate sales of Palestinian land are happening around the US

The sale of land parcels in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem is happening in violation of international and domestic civil rights law.

by Marc Steiner April 9, 2024April 9, 2024

A cop pulls a gun on an unarmed teen. 7 years later, justice at last

A cop pulls a gun on an unarmed teen. 7 years later, justice at last

A federal jury recently awarded $250,000 to Jawone Nicholson for pain and suffering after an off-duty Baltimore cop, Damond Durant, pulled a gun on him in Howard County. The award is the result of a protracted battle by the family to hold the officer accountable.

by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis April 8, 2024April 9, 2024

47 years later, Leonard Peltier is still not free

47 years later, Leonard Peltier is still not free

by Mansa Musa April 8, 2024April 8, 2024

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‘This is unforgivable’: Israeli airstrike kills 7 World Central Kitchen workers

‘This is unforgivable’: Israeli airstrike kills 7 World Central Kitchen workers

by Jake Johnson

Controversial Colorado cop watcher who prompted groundbreaking legal precedent indicted federally

by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis

‘An international crime scene’: How the US is stoking crisis in Haiti

by Maximillian Alvarez

Angel Reese, Brittney Griner, and the politics of race and gender

by Dave Zirin

Movements and Politics: International

Hamas: How Israel created its own nemesis

Hamas: How Israel created its own nemesis

by Chris Hedges

‘The killing in Gaza will stop when Hamas releases the hostages’ is a pro-war crime argument

by Adam Johnson

Norman Finkelstein on Israel’s ‘final solution’ in Gaza

by Chris Hedges

Honduran narcodictator convicted, but ‘no accountability for the US role’

by Michael Fox

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The racist history of the Kansas City ‘Chiefs’

The racist history of the Kansas City ‘Chiefs’

by Dave Zirin

Unequal before the law

by Stephanie Woodard

30 political prisoners’ oral histories collected in an unprecedented new book

by Mansa Musa

When Black and White tenant farmers joined together to take on the plantation south

by David Griscom

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