The Chicago Board of Education Votes This Week Whether to Shut Down Fifty-four Schools The Chicago Board of Education Votes This Week Whether to Shut Down Fifty-four Schools
Meanwhile, teachers and activists are on a three-day march to highlight the potentially explosive impact of the closings.
May 20, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Hardball: Giants Concession Workers Fight for the Soul of San Francisco Hardball: Giants Concession Workers Fight for the Soul of San Francisco
A strike vote of workers at AT&T Park has national ramifications.
May 19, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (5/17/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (5/17/2013)
This week, everything is falling apart: Syria; the Canadian environment; higher education as we know it. But if a creative roasting of Carlos Slim is any indication, the best respo...
May 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Reviewers Have Argued About ‘Gatsby’ Since 1925 This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Reviewers Have Argued About ‘Gatsby’ Since 1925
The debate surrounding Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation is nothing new.
May 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
I Knew J. Billington Bulworth and You, Mr. President, Are No Bulworth I Knew J. Billington Bulworth and You, Mr. President, Are No Bulworth
Obama knows his job much too well to say it out loud, like Warren Beatty’s character did.
May 17, 2013 / Jeremy Pikser
How Long Will Arizona Deny Driver’s Licenses to Immigrant Youth? How Long Will Arizona Deny Driver’s Licenses to Immigrant Youth?
A high court’s preliminary ruling indicates there is not rational basis for Governor Jan Brewer’s attempt to deny driver’s licenses for certain immigrants.
May 17, 2013 / Aura Bogado
The Peculiar Politics of Karl Rove’s ‘Outrage’ Over the IRS Flap The Peculiar Politics of Karl Rove’s ‘Outrage’ Over the IRS Flap
Karl Rove was at war with grassroots conservatives a few months ago. Now he’s defending them. Why?
May 17, 2013 / John Nichols
What You Should Know About the Philly Student Walkout What You Should Know About the Philly Student Walkout
Today’s actions follow a recent groundswell of student walkouts—and months of organizing.
May 17, 2013 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky and StudentNation
Iran’s Critical Election, Part I Iran’s Critical Election, Part I
Lots of candidates, real politics in Iran.
May 17, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Class and ‘The Great Gatsby’ Class and ‘The Great Gatsby’
Some things haven’t changed that much since the Jazz Age.
May 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Dean