Monsters of the 2010s: Sports Institutions That Looked the Other Way
NCAA President Mark EmmertLM Otero/AP The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. Even as they collected millions upon millions in revenue on the backs of their athletes’ labor, money-making enterprises also known as colleges and universities dropped the ball and failed to account for sexual abuse…
Trump’s Core Message Is “I Got Mine.” Is It Infecting the Rest of Us?
I’m generally an optimist—to a fault, some of my friends and colleagues would say. I find the bright side in almost anything and focus relentlessly on the possibility of change especially when things are tough. But that doesn’t mean living in a fantasy, and it doesn’t mean refusing to acknowledge challenging news. So here it…
Disney Princesses, Ranked by Social Justice Warriors
Anna and Elsa with their mom.Disney Since Frozen II was released a few days before Thanksgiving, the snowy family franchise has raked in more than a billion dollars globally—and inspired hordes of 3-to-8-year-olds to put on glittery blue gowns and go to the theater to watch their beloved ice queen Elsa. Frozen II breaks many…
Monsters of the 2010s: Donald Sterling
Armando Arorizo/Zuma The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. Five years ago, a secret recording of a real estate mogul’s racist remarks erupted around the internet and upended the National Basketball Association. Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling—who paid $2.7 million to settle a housing discrimination lawsuit filed…
Heroes of 2010s: Bad Bunny
Steven Ferdman/Getty The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. In 2017, when I first heard cars blasting “Soy Peor” in my Brooklyn neighborhood, I didn’t know just how much I would freaking love Bad Bunny. In the last three years, the Puerto Rican trap en Español…
Bret Stephens’ Column on “Jewish Genius” Cited a White Supremacist as a Source
Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Newscom via ZUMA Conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens is at the center of yet another backlash. In a recently posted column, Stephens cited a debunked 2006 article authored by a known racist who argues in favor of the genetic superiority of Ashkenazi Jews. Stephens’ piece, entitled “The Secrets of Jewish Genius,” provoked…