Response to a Solver Response to a Solver
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Jan 9, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
State Supreme Court Ruling Puts NYU 2031 In Jeopardy State Supreme Court Ruling Puts NYU 2031 In Jeopardy
NYU’s expansion plans hit a snag after State Supreme Court Justice Donna Mills ruled that the city illegally approved construction within public parklands without the state&r...
Jan 9, 2014 / StudentNation / Connor Durkin and StudentNation
The Baseball Hall of Fame Vote: An ‘Edge of Sports’ Post-Mortem The Baseball Hall of Fame Vote: An ‘Edge of Sports’ Post-Mortem
It is easy to slam the Baseball Hall of Fame voters. It is harder to understand why they leave out the game’s greats.
Jan 9, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Peak Oil Is Dead. Long Live Peak Oil! Peak Oil Is Dead. Long Live Peak Oil!
The eulogies for peak oil came too soon.
Jan 9, 2014 / Michael T. Klare
City Council Progressives Now Have the Power to Share Power City Council Progressives Now Have the Power to Share Power
Part of their program is to reform how council authority is wielded. How will that affect Bill de Blasio's agenda?
Jan 9, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
What Melissa Harris-Perry Really Said About Transracial Adoption What Melissa Harris-Perry Really Said About Transracial Adoption
Why I stand with MHP—and why you should too.
Jan 9, 2014 / Richard Kim
Christie’s Access Lane Onto the Presidential Trail Gets Gridlocked Christie’s Access Lane Onto the Presidential Trail Gets Gridlocked
Revelations about how his aides and allies played retribution politics reinforce concerns about the Republican governor's presidential prospects.
Jan 8, 2014 / John Nichols
Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal Dodges the Real Problems with Pot Criminalization Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal Dodges the Real Problems with Pot Criminalization
Is the New York governor’s modest concession an attempt to duck the big-picture problems with racially discriminatory marijuana arrests?
Jan 8, 2014 / Matt Taylor
Why We Need a New War on Poverty Why We Need a New War on Poverty
The deepening crisis today demands an effort as ambitious as the one launched fifty years ago this week.
Jan 8, 2014 / Sasha Abramsky
Marco Rubio’s Plan to End Poverty Is a Joke Marco Rubio’s Plan to End Poverty Is a Joke
According to the Republican senator, what we really need is a fuller embrace of “the American free enterprise system.”
Jan 8, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter