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Not Everyone in North Carolina Wants to Keep Refugees Out

Not Everyone in North Carolina Wants to Keep Refugees Out Not Everyone in North Carolina Wants to Keep Refugees Out

In spite of what North Carolina’s governor has said, many in the state welcome religious and ethnic diversity—but their voices have been drowned out in the wake of the Paris attack...

Dec 1, 2015 / Phoebe Zerwick

What Happened to the White Working Class?

What Happened to the White Working Class? What Happened to the White Working Class?

Downward mobility plus racial resentment is a potent combination with disastrous consequences.

Dec 1, 2015 / Barbara Ehrenreich

The Power of Moral Mondays

The Power of Moral Mondays The Power of Moral Mondays

Reverend Barber’s multi-racial movement for justice.

Dec 1, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A student shows signs made for a sit-in to demand a range of changes to improve the social and academic experience of black students, at Princeton University, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, in Princeton, N.J.

Woodrow Wilson, Princeton, and the Complex Landscape of Race Woodrow Wilson, Princeton, and the Complex Landscape of Race

The debates over Wilson’s legacy ought to push us to initiate even broader conversations about the presence and power of the past in daily life.

Dec 1, 2015 / Martha A. Sandweiss

This Is Bernie Sanders’s Immigration Plan

This Is Bernie Sanders’s Immigration Plan This Is Bernie Sanders’s Immigration Plan

If O’Malley had set the bar to meet, Sanders has reached it. But does it matter politically?

Dec 1, 2015 / Julianne Hing

In South Korea, a Dictator’s Daughter Cracks Down on Labor

In South Korea, a Dictator’s Daughter Cracks Down on Labor In South Korea, a Dictator’s Daughter Cracks Down on Labor

The government has banned a massive rally scheduled for this weekend, but activists are vowing to defy the order.

Dec 1, 2015 / Tim Shorrock

Rosa Parks Wasn’t Meek, Passive, or Naive—and 7 Other Things You Probably Didn’t Learn in School

Rosa Parks Wasn’t Meek, Passive, or Naive—and 7 Other Things You Probably Didn’t Learn in School Rosa Parks Wasn’t Meek, Passive, or Naive—and 7 Other Things You Probably Didn’t Learn in School

Much of what students are taught, and much of what most Americans think they know, about Parks’s activism is wrong.

Dec 1, 2015 / Jeanne Theoharis and Say Burgin

December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Is Arrested

December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Is Arrested December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Is Arrested

“This dramatic display of unity may well inspire the Negro residents of other Southern cities to similar action.”

Dec 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

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Why Doesn’t This Big Mac Container Have a Picture of Baby Jesus? Why Doesn’t This Big Mac Container Have a Picture of Baby Jesus?

It’s just another example of anti-Christian bias in America!

Dec 1, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Ralph Nader on 2016, Wall Street, and Our Broken Political System

Ralph Nader on 2016, Wall Street, and Our Broken Political System Ralph Nader on 2016, Wall Street, and Our Broken Political System

The consumer advocate, civil libertarian, and former presidential candidate talks to The Nation.

Dec 1, 2015 / Feature / John Nichols

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