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Our City, Our Schools Philadelphia

Activists in Philadelphia Have Reclaimed Control of the City’s Schools Activists in Philadelphia Have Reclaimed Control of the City’s Schools

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Philly to Albuquerque and beyond.

Nov 30, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

NYU Abu Dhabi

The Limits of the Global Network University: An Open Letter The Limits of the Global Network University: An Open Letter

The American Association of University Professors, the Middle Eastern Studies Association, and NYU Sanctuary have all issued statements calling on NYU to publicly and forcefully de...

Nov 30, 2017 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?

What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS? What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?

We’ve seen a flood of retrospective projects about AIDS—from books to dance to architecture and art. But who is being remembered? And why?

Nov 30, 2017 / Alisa Solomon

Pittsburgh reservoir

Pittsburgh’s Water System Is Why We Shouldn’t Run America Like a Business Pittsburgh’s Water System Is Why We Shouldn’t Run America Like a Business

For Pittsburgh, help from the private sector came at the cost of public health.

Nov 30, 2017 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

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Trump Is Now Openly Supporting Fascists Trump Is Now Openly Supporting Fascists

Britain First is and always has been deeply fascist in inclination and action—and now the president is retweeting its leader’s hate speech.

Nov 30, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky

Maya Moore

The WNBA’s Maya Moore Wants to End Mass Incarceration The WNBA’s Maya Moore Wants to End Mass Incarceration

WNBA great Maya Moore joins the podcast to talk about the importance of criminal-justice reform.

Nov 30, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Trump Jingping Beijing

Trump Begins to Feel His Way Toward a Post-American World Trump Begins to Feel His Way Toward a Post-American World

Whether or not by design, Trump seems to recognize that Xi’s dynamically emergent China has to be accommodated, not resisted.

Nov 30, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Donald Trump in the Spin Room

We’re Obsessed With Donald Trump. That’s Not a Bad Thing. We’re Obsessed With Donald Trump. That’s Not a Bad Thing.

If we want to understand how we got to this point, we have to look closely at the monster we elected.

Nov 30, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

How Forced Arbitration and Non-Disclosure Agreements Can Perpetuate Hostile Work Environments

How Forced Arbitration and Non-Disclosure Agreements Can Perpetuate Hostile Work Environments How Forced Arbitration and Non-Disclosure Agreements Can Perpetuate Hostile Work Environments

The legal tools can prevent workers from taking legal action or disclosing sexual harassment and assault.

Nov 30, 2017 / Michelle Chen

William Perry

Former Defense Secretary William Perry Sounds the Alarm Over the Present Nuclear Danger Former Defense Secretary William Perry Sounds the Alarm Over the Present Nuclear Danger

What will the consequences be if the bipartisan consensus on Russia continues to be almost completely untethered from reality?

Nov 30, 2017 / James Carden

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