This Is How Black Girls End Up in the School-To-Prison Pipeline This Is How Black Girls End Up in the School-To-Prison Pipeline
Harsh discipline is said to put black boys at risk, but black girls are suspended six times more than white girls. A new report asks why.
Feb 5, 2015 / Dani McClain
If You’re Afraid of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism, You’re Missing the Point If You’re Afraid of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism, You’re Missing the Point
There’s only one problem with the rising crescendo of alarm about lone wolves: most of it simply isn’t true.
Feb 5, 2015 / Matthew Harwood
February 5, 1937: President Franklin Roosevelt Proposes to ‘Pack’ the Supreme Court February 5, 1937: President Franklin Roosevelt Proposes to ‘Pack’ the Supreme Court
The so-called “court-packing” scheme was endorsed heartily by The Nation—unsurprisingly, as the plan was first floated in its pages four years earlier.
Feb 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
We’ve Almost Won the Fight for Net Neutrality We’ve Almost Won the Fight for Net Neutrality
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has said that he’ll support real net neutrality. Make sure that Congress doesn’t get in the way.
Feb 4, 2015 / NationAction
Scott Walker Objects to ‘the Search for Truth’ Scott Walker Objects to ‘the Search for Truth’
Forget about the Republican “war on science,” this presidential contender’s got a problem with universities focusing on public service and veracity.
Feb 4, 2015 / John Nichols
Elizabeth Warren Insists She’s Not Running for President. These Activists Are Trying to Change Her Mind. Elizabeth Warren Insists She’s Not Running for President. These Activists Are Trying to Change Her Mind.
But would a Warren campaign help—or hurt—the causes she cares most about?
Feb 4, 2015 / Feature / George Zornick
Loving the Puget Sound to Death Loving the Puget Sound to Death
Four decades after the passage of the Clean Water Act, regulators haven’t kept up with the pollution pressure that growing populations put on America’s shorelines.
Feb 4, 2015 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander
How Rory Kennedy’s ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Distorts History How Rory Kennedy’s ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Distorts History
This Oscar-nominated doc is all about well-meaning Americans—with nothing about the indiscriminate US firepower that destroyed much of the country.
Feb 4, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Defense Secretary Nominee Offers Promises, but No Plan, to Tackle Sexual Assault in the Military Defense Secretary Nominee Offers Promises, but No Plan, to Tackle Sexual Assault in the Military
Ashton Carter offered the Senate Armed Services Committee few specifics on how his pledge would lead to success when so many others have failed.
Feb 4, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
How Mitt Got Bushwhacked in the GOP’s ‘Establishment Primary’ How Mitt Got Bushwhacked in the GOP’s ‘Establishment Primary’
The Bush Machine plays for keeps—and this time, they hauled out the heavy artillery to shoot down Romney.
Feb 4, 2015 / John Nichols