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In College, Andrew Delbanco explains the reversal of the postwar project of democratic expansion in higher education.

As the Syrian government clings to repressive tactics it knows best, the conflict becomes ever more intractable.

Our car-dependent, suburban, homeowner culture is no longer affordable. An exhibit at MoMA examines what to do about it.

Putin will doubtless win the presidency again. But he faces a very different country from the one he has ruled unchallenged for the last twelve years.

For Robert L. Carter, one of the leading civil rights strategists and activists of the twentieth century, the fight for equal, quality public education was foundational to the movement to liberate this country from the blight of racism and its crippling legacies.

Organizers have found a new approach to promoting workers’ rights at the retail giant. And it seems to be working.

An activist ahead of his time, Richard L. Grossman, a community organizer, galvanized work on a variety of progressive causes during his remarkable four-decade career.

Anti-sweatshop activists are embracing Alta Gracia, a company that is going head-to-head with brands like Nike to sell socially responsible clothing on college campuses.

Jock Culture is a distortion of sports.

Lou Gehrig epitomized the dignified athlete.