The NCAA Says Student-Athletes Shouldn't Be Paid Because the 13th Amendment Allows Unpaid Prison Labor
“Comparing athletes to prisoners is contemptible.”
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A Consensus Emerges: Russia Committed an "Act of War" on Par With Pearl Harbor and 9/11. Should the U.S. Response Be Similar?
The extreme war rhetoric about Russia coming from elite discourse is as deceitful as it is dangerous: What retaliation should the U.S. use?
Hey Muslims, Let's Join the NRA. We Could Help Solve Gun Violence.
If millions of Muslims joined the NRA and owned guns, might Republicans rethink their unqualified support of the Second Amendment?
Another Mass Shooting. Another Case in Which Signs of White Violence Didn't Raise Alarms.
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz showed dozens of warning signs, but people who talk about white supremacy and violence don't get the same scrutiny.
Harvard's Laurence Tribe Has Become a Deranged Russia Conspiracist: Today Was His Most Humiliating Debacle
The more the esteemed law professor spews unhinged madness about Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the more of a social media and MSNBC star he becomes.
Dutch Official Admits Lying About Meeting With Putin: Is Fake News Used by Russia or About Russia?
As a film studio revitalizes a once-successful super-villain franchise for a new generation of moviegoers, we're back to Russia occupying center stage.
Looking Back, the NFL Boycott Was a Historic Moment in the Struggle for Justice
Colin Kaepernick is still effectively banned from the NFL, but a grassroots boycott of the league is a step toward justice.
Donald Trump Wants to Make It Easier to Start a Nuclear War. This Should Petrify Us.
With little fanfare, Trump has rolled out a Nuclear Posture Review that allows for a nuclear response to conventional attacks, even cyber ones.
Citing U.S. Prison Conditions, British Appeals Court Refuses to Extradite Accused Hacker Lauri Love to the U.S.
The closest ally of the U.S. recognizes that the American prison system is crude and oppressive for inmates with mental health issues.
The Nunes Memo and Katie Roiphe Article Show How Concerns for Due Process and Civil Liberties Are Highly Selective and Self-Centered
U.S. elites ignore, or even cheer and enable, severe rights abuses as long as the victims are Muslim, only to vehemently object when far more benign offenses happen to them or their friends.