Taking on the NCAA
The NCAA wants to keep politics off the field. College athletes shouldn’t let it.
19118 Articles by: Frances Abele
Frances Abele CM is Distinguished Research Professor and Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy Emerita at Carleton University. She is a research fellow at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation and the Broadbent Institute. Much of her work focuses on indigenous-Canada relations.
Socialize the EpiPen
The EpiPen mess shows that we need drugs that function as real social goods, not rent-producing commodities.
WrestleMania Politics
Want to understand American politics? Watch Monday Night Raw.
Dance Dance Revolution
Efforts to suppress political expression in Japan are meeting an unlikely foe: the flash mob.
“Officer-Involved” Obfuscation
Police use bloodless language like “officer-involved shooting” to cover up the blood on their own hands.
How Unions Change Universities
Graduate worker unions don’t pit faculty against students — they challenge the corporate ethos of modern universities.
Solidarity at the Stadium
Celtic FC fans took real risks to show solidarity with Palestine.
Veterans for Kaepernick
Former Army Ranger Rory Fanning on why he and so many other veterans stand with Colin Kaepernick and against police murder.
The FBI’s Secret War
Sixty years ago, the FBI launched COINTELPRO. Its mission was simple: destroy the Left.
Corruption at CUNY
Corruption shouldn’t just worry centrist, “good government” types. It can destroy the institutions the Left cherishes.
The Internet Should Be a Public Good
The Internet was built by public institutions — so why is it controlled by private corporations?
Lessons From Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
Colin Kaepernick is right to double down on his national anthem protest.
Bleeding Heart Bullshit
A new book by a self-proclaimed “bleeding heart libertarian” reveals libertarianism’s bankrupt conscience.
A Place Called Lambeth
The Labour left mounted a grassroots challenge to Thatcherism in the 1980s, only to be undermined by their own party’s leadership.
Beating a Dead Horse
In 1969, the FBI decided to launch a new offensive against the Communist Party — by sterilizing its farm animals.
Workers, Too
Last week’s labor board ruling confirms the obvious: graduate workers at private universities deserve the right to organize.
When Billionaires Rule
The demise of Gawker shows that the greatest impediment to media democracy isn’t the state — it’s the rich and powerful.