Tara Culp-Ressler writes for Think Progress (trigger warning): “Over this past weekend, thousands of people in New Zealand took to the streets to protest a culture that doesn’t take rape seriously. The public backlash has intensified over the past severa…
Mychal Denzel Smith writes for The Nation: “So much of writing/thinking/working around issues of race, racism and blackness in America is to say ‘again.’ Again, the right to vote is under attack. Again, the unemployment rate creeps near depression levels…
Josh Eidelson writes for Salon: “Celebrity actor/producer Ashton Kutcher and retail giant Wal-Mart had a spirited Twitter debate Tuesday over Wal-Mart workers’ wages.”
Josh Eidelson writes for Salon: “Wal-Mart could afford to hike every U.S. employee’s hourly wage to at least $14.89 an hour just by not repurchasing its own stock, according to a new report from the progressive think tank Demos.”
Erin Gloria Ryan writes for Jezebel: “BREAKING: Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, one of the most powerful women in the world, sometimes reuses clothing.”