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How a ‘New Secessionist’ Movement Is Threatening to Worsen School Segregation and Widen Inequalities How a ‘New Secessionist’ Movement Is Threatening to Worsen School Segregation and Widen Inequalities

Sixty years after Brown, whiter, wealthier communities are breaking away from racially and economically diverse school districts.

May 15, 2014 / Susan Eaton

Dialing with Dollars: How County Jails Profit From Immigrant Detainees

Dialing with Dollars: How County Jails Profit From Immigrant Detainees Dialing with Dollars: How County Jails Profit From Immigrant Detainees

County jails charge excessive rates for phone usage—a huge barrier for immigrant detainees fighting deportation.

May 15, 2014 / Leticia Miranda

Elizabeth Warren Reveals Inside Details of Trade Talks

Elizabeth Warren Reveals Inside Details of Trade Talks Elizabeth Warren Reveals Inside Details of Trade Talks

There's a reason corporations want the TPP negotiations secret—it wouldn’t pass otherwise.

May 15, 2014 / George Zornick

Why I Support the Fast-Food Workers Strike

Why I Support the Fast-Food Workers Strike Why I Support the Fast-Food Workers Strike

We are in the midst of a grassroots populist movement designed to rebalance the tilted economic scales in our country. 

May 15, 2014 / Rep. Keith Ellison

The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College

The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College

Why is an accrediting commission targeting a well-performing college serving underprivileged communities?

May 15, 2014 / StudentNation / Justine Drennan and StudentNation

Why We All Need to Act to Save the Internet

Why We All Need to Act to Save the Internet Why We All Need to Act to Save the Internet

After the FCC's vote to kill net neutrality, it's time to fight back. 

May 15, 2014 / NationAction

Come Explore the Treasure Chest That Is Our 1950 ‘Spring Books’ Issue

Come Explore the Treasure Chest That Is Our 1950 ‘Spring Books’ Issue Come Explore the Treasure Chest That Is Our 1950 ‘Spring Books’ Issue

Meditations on writers’ conferences, Schlesinger Jr. on America, an Auden poem.

May 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

The Battle of 42nd Street

The Battle of 42nd Street The Battle of 42nd Street

The demise of the New York Public Library’s Central Library Plan is the end of a Bloomberg-era castle in the sky.

May 14, 2014 / Scott Sherman

After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South

After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South

Still mourning Chokwe Lumumba, progressives gather to push his vision for worker-owned co-ops.

May 14, 2014 / Laura Flanders

Q&A With Sandra Tsing Loh on Her Provocative Theory About Menopause

Q&A With Sandra Tsing Loh on Her Provocative Theory About Menopause Q&A With Sandra Tsing Loh on Her Provocative Theory About Menopause

Menopause isn’t “The Change,” she says. Instead, fertility is what’s unusual.

May 14, 2014 / Jon Wiener

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