The debacle at ‘Sports Illustrated’ shows how hedge funds and venture capitalists are doing to sports media what they do best: destroying it.
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
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.
Posted inPrisons and Policing
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.
Posted inRattling the Bars
47 years later, Leonard Peltier is still not free
Despite being eligible for parole since 1992, Peltier remains in prison—a sign of how determined the federal government is to repress and criminalize the American Indian Movement.
Posted inThe Chris Hedges Report
From layoffs to lawsuits, billionaires are striking back to crush worker power
A legal challenge to abolish the NLRB is just the most obvious attempt by the ruling class to squash the rise of working class militancy in the US.
Posted inBaltimore
‘Seguiremos trabajando por nuestro comunidad’: La comunidad Latina en Baltimore responde a la crisis del Puente de Francis Scott Key
En este podcast bilingüe, hablamos con representantes de organizaciones comunitarias Latinas en Baltimore sobre sus esfuerzos para apoyar a las familias afectadas por el colapso del Puente Francis Scott Key y la situación de los trabajadores inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos hoy en día.
Posted inEdge of Sports TV
Before Caitlin Clark: The Hidden History of Women’s College Basketball
Caitlin Clark has made history in women’s college basketball, but the sport’s earliest trailblazers still haven’t been given their dues.
Posted inPolice Accountability Report
New Body Cam footage exposes police tasing Wisconsin man for minor traffic infraction
The shocking footage, which shows Wisconsin cops using a taser on a young Doordash delivery driver during a traffic stop, demonstrates how capriciously police wield their authority and how brutally they maintain their monopoly on the use of force.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
In the Middle East, America’s chickens are coming home to roost
Israel’s genocide in Gaza is spiraling into a regional war against the Resistance Axis—a force that wouldn’t exist without decades of US intervention and atrocities.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Everything we know about the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Journalists from The Guardian, the Baltimore Banner, and The Real News gathered to share all the different angles of the shocking—and preventable—tragedy in Baltimore.