Hate Doesn’t Pay
Apr 2, 2015 Indiana certainly doesn't want to be remembered for being a bastion of hatred. So why did Indiana Gov. Mike Pence legalize a new wave of intolerance by signing into law Indiana's controversial "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" (RFRA)?Comedian John Oliver on How the NCAA Takes Advantage of Student Athletes to Make Billions
Mar 17, 2015 Just in time for March Madness, the "Last Week Tonight" host reveals just how much bullshit the National Collegiate Athletic Association makes student athletes go through. The organization exercises enormous control over their lives -- and rakes in billions from corporate sponsors -- without paying the athletes a penny.
That’s It!
Oct 15, 2014
NCAA Profits
Apr 28, 2014
‘Left, Right & Center’: Cooling Off in Ukraine, Warming Up for the GOP
Apr 19, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the surprise agreement among the U.S., Russia and the EU. Does it mean anything? Scheer says yes, and that those hoping for a new Cold War won't get one.
Truthdigger of the Week: Derrick Gordon
Apr 13, 2014 The NCAA Division I basketball player's coming out makes it easier to believe the next generation of Americans are more socially tolerant than their elders.
College Football Labor Unrest Threatens University Profit Model
Apr 4, 2014 Last week, a regional office of the National Labor Relations Board became the first government agency to officially acknowledge what everyone in the country outside the NCAA already knew: College athletes are cheap labor for a $16 billion business disguised as a nonprofit educational enterprise.Last week, a regional office of the National Labor Relations Board acknowledged that college athletes are cheap labor for a $16 billion business disguised as a nonprofit educational enterprise.
NCAA
Mar 31, 2014
Ruling: Student Athletes Are Employees, Can Join Union
Mar 27, 2014 Northwestern University football players have asked for the right to join a union, and Wednesday the Chicago region of the National Labor Relations Board decided they could.
