In 2012, the Tarzeen Fire in Bangladesh killed 112 workers. It's been slightly forgotten in the aftermath of the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse that killed over 1100, but was certainly horrible in its own right--remember, Triangle killed 146 so Tarzeen was nearly as deadly. Of...
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Some preliminary thoughts. I wrote this piece before the GJ proceedings were released. As expected, Darren Wilson's testimony is obviously very problematic, given his legal position. I haven't had a.
On November 25, 1865, Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. Designed to recreate slavery in all but name, this signified the white South's massive resistance to the freeing.
The grand jury does not indict Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Least surprising development ever.
It's inevitable. Someone makes a comment/post about misogynists and someone comes along to say that said misogynists are probably ugly, sad, lonely, loser virgins. Aside from the fact that there's.
Security policy HOT TAKES from Max Boot: The immediate question is whether Obama will be able to stomach a stronger personality in the secretary of defense job–someone like Bob Gates.
I suppose I should visit Glacier National Park and Glacier Bay National Park before the glaciers become one of our starkest memorials to human-caused climate change. The loss of these glaciers will have widespread negative impacts on the humans and ecosystems in entire region, as...
David Chang speaking some truth: One small consolation is that turkey skin is delicious—no more so than the skin of other birds, but still, it gives you something to look.
Why do Wal-Mart workers keep using one-day strikes as a protest tool? Largely because they don't have any other tools that are likely to work: One-day strikes don’t shut down.
Man of principle Andrew Cuomo refuses to say that human-caused climate change exists, wants to avoid "political debate" on the issue.
Not quite, Spike -- I just wrote an Internet Film School column about the Thanksgiving episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer for the AV Club. Sample: Thanksgiving is a holiday that allows.
A very good summary of the career of the late Marion Barry by Adam Serwer. One of many telling details: Johnson resisted that impulse and appointed Walter Washington, who was.