Can Al Jazeera America Save Cable News? Can Al Jazeera America Save Cable News?
The network wants to reshape the market. But first it must reach—and win over—its viewers.
Apr 8, 2014 / Feature / Reed Richardson
Why Are Black Students Facing Corporal Punishment in Public Schools? Why Are Black Students Facing Corporal Punishment in Public Schools?
A growing controversy over use of the “paddle” to discipline children has a painful racial subtext.
Apr 8, 2014 / Feature / Sarah Carr
Why Is California Penalizing Poor Women for Wanting to Be Parents? Why Is California Penalizing Poor Women for Wanting to Be Parents?
California is known for protecting a woman’s right to choose. Will this be the year the state extends that same right to poor women?
Apr 8, 2014 / Dani McClain
What If the Minimum Wage Were $15 an Hour? What If the Minimum Wage Were $15 an Hour?
Inside the movement that’s pushing to make a living wage a reality in Seattle.
Apr 8, 2014 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Missing the Story Missing the Story
How turning the Murder of Kitty Genovese into a parable erased its particulars.
Apr 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
The Body Politic The Body Politic
When US soldiers venture abroad, women’s bodies can become the occupied territories.
Apr 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Akemi Johnson
Worn Muses Worn Muses
Nymphomaniac is Lars von Trier’s latest ode to titillation and traps.
Apr 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Shelf Life Shelf Life
How the literary critic Paul de Man turned evasiveness into authority.
Apr 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / David Mikics
Puzzle No. 3321 Puzzle No. 3321
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Apr 8, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Last Week, Students Struck in California, Walked Out in Newark and Sat-In at Dartmouth. What’s Next? Last Week, Students Struck in California, Walked Out in Newark and Sat-In at Dartmouth. What’s Next?
A wave of campus action sparks mass mobilization, police repression—and administrative concessions.
Apr 8, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation