Youth Resistance to Deportations, Criminalization Multiplies Youth Resistance to Deportations, Criminalization Multiplies
As sit-ins and fasts continue, campaigns against mandatory minimums, Stand Your Ground and youth incarceration gain traction.
Dec 10, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Could John Boehner’s New Immigration Strategist Actually Pass Some Reforms? Could John Boehner’s New Immigration Strategist Actually Pass Some Reforms?
Becky Tallent’s piecemeal approach to immigration reform may appeal to congressmen, but will it ever appeal to voters?
Dec 10, 2013 / Jessica Weisberg
How War Vanished From the American Novel How War Vanished From the American Novel
Americans have been living in the shadow of war for at least a decade, but there’s remarkably little evidence of it in our art.
Dec 10, 2013 / Beverly Gologorsky
Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The anti-apartheid hero asked world leaders to “have the courage to ensure that, at last, we build a human world consistent with the provisions of that historic Declaration.&...
Dec 10, 2013 / John Nichols
Repression Deepens in Egypt Repression Deepens in Egypt
At first it was the Muslim Brotherhood. Now dozens of journalists, non-Islamist activists and students have been detained and beaten.
Dec 9, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
The Republican Holiday To-do List The Republican Holiday To-do List
Nothing says holiday cheer like cutting food stamps and unemployment benefits!
Dec 9, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
How Inequality Became as American as Apple Pie How Inequality Became as American as Apple Pie
The difference between President Obama and Mayor-elect de Blasio lies not in how they view inequality but in how they plan to fight it.
Dec 9, 2013 / Jessica Weisberg
Mandela’s Uses of Sports: Resistance, Reconciliation and Rebranding Mandela’s Uses of Sports: Resistance, Reconciliation and Rebranding
Nelson Mandela’s history with the sports world is both more complicated and more challenging than meets the eye.
Dec 9, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Everyone Is a Criminal: On the Over-policing of America Everyone Is a Criminal: On the Over-policing of America
Try to think of an aspect of everyday life that doesn’t somehow include the police.
Dec 9, 2013 / Chase Madar
Tell Congress: Don’t Leave the Unemployed Out in the Cold Tell Congress: Don’t Leave the Unemployed Out in the Cold
If Congress doesn't act, 1.3 million Americans could lose their unemployment benefits by the end of the year.
Dec 9, 2013 / NationAction