Vanden Heuvel on Guns, Jobs and Arizona Vanden Heuvel on Guns, Jobs and Arizona
Guest-host Both Sides Now, Katrina vanden Heuvel takes on former Bush/Cheney aide Mary Matalin about gun control and why she would take "porno economics" over the Republi...
Jul 12, 2010 / Both Sides Now
Help Protect Incarcerated Queer Youth Help Protect Incarcerated Queer Youth
Tell your state legislators that the horrific violence against queer youth in prison must be addressed.
Jul 12, 2010 / Rosamund Hunter
Help Save Bank Reform Bill Help Save Bank Reform Bill
Senate bank reform bill short one vote.
Jul 12, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
A World Cup Final in the Shadows of History A World Cup Final in the Shadows of History
Many South Africans were cheering for the Netherlands in yesterday's World Cup final—some embracing a connection to Dutch forbears, others to the Netherlands' solidarity in t...
Jul 12, 2010 / Aaron Ross
What Michael Steele Can Learn From Howard Dean What Michael Steele Can Learn From Howard Dean
Embattled RNC chair Michael Steele could learn a few things from Howard Dean's turbulent start at the DNC.
Jul 12, 2010 / Ari Berman
Centcom Commander Loves to Kill Centcom Commander Loves to Kill
Obama and Gates have appointed a Marine general to Centcom famous for saying that he loves to kill. Hopefully, there's more to the story.
Jul 12, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Petraeus Syndrome The Petraeus Syndrome
As Petraeus takes over in Afghanistan, could success be worse than failure?
Jul 12, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
UT Agrees to Re-Name Dorm Honoring Klansman UT Agrees to Re-Name Dorm Honoring Klansman
On July 9, Bill Powers, president of the University of Texas, announced that he would accept the recommendation of a 21-member panel to re-name a residence hall honoring William Stewart Simkins, an unapologetic Ku Klux Klan organizer who later became a law professor at the University of Texas, a job he held from 1899 until his death in 1929. The UT administration has been called on several times in the past few years to change the names of several of its buildings, but Powers made little headway on his promise to consider modifications until the Simkins story—and the protests of African-American groups on campus and in the community—garnered national attention. (For background, read this June 13 StudentNation report.) Dr. Greg Vincent, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement and chair of the advisory panel, said that the renaming was recommended because the dorm’s current title “compromises public trust and the university’s reputation,” and because it was “inconsistent with the core values of [the] university”—which means, of course, that it was making the school’s diversity efforts and inclusiveness look bad. So, while it’s a good thing that Simkins will no longer have an exalted place on UT’s campus, the decision also raises inevitable questions about the other Southern heroes littering the lawns and the extent to which this particular renaming is only a capitulation to public outcry. Whether this qualifies as progress on the Texas campus—whether it will foster a more welcoming environment for minorities —will really lie in the narrative UT constructs for its incoming students and its future. Sara Haji, a Nation intern and freelance writer, is a recent graduate from the University of Texas, Austin.
Jul 11, 2010 / StudentNation / Sara Haji
Biden’s Crystal Balls Biden’s Crystal Balls
Nobody sees the future like Joe Biden—especially when he’s wrong.
Jul 10, 2010 / Leslie Savan
This Week At TheNation.com: Reflections on Lebron, plus two new videos and an event in New York This Week At TheNation.com: Reflections on Lebron, plus two new videos and an event in New York
Reflections on Lebron. Plus: See me in New York on Tuesday.
Jul 10, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel