Budget Cuts, Layoffs, and a $1.5 Billion Campus Remodeling—What’s Wrong With This Picture? Budget Cuts, Layoffs, and a $1.5 Billion Campus Remodeling—What’s Wrong With This Picture?
These University of Chicago students are saying “no” to the administration’s austerity agenda.
Jun 8, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Will the 21st Century Pit Washington Against China? Will the 21st Century Pit Washington Against China?
The drawbacks of Washington’s grand strategy for global dominion.
Jun 8, 2015 / Alfred McCoy
How Many People Are Killed by Police? We’re Only Beginning to Find Out How Many People Are Killed by Police? We’re Only Beginning to Find Out
The number of lives matters
Jun 8, 2015 / Leslie Savan
How A Right-Wing Political Machine Is Dismantling Higher Education in North Carolina How A Right-Wing Political Machine Is Dismantling Higher Education in North Carolina
What began as isolated ideological attacks is looking more and more like a wholesale gutting of the state’s public colleges.
Jun 8, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Wisconsin Straw Poll: Clinton 49 Percent, Sanders 41 Percent Wisconsin Straw Poll: Clinton 49 Percent, Sanders 41 Percent
Beyond Iowa and New Hampshire, the insurgent candidate shows signs of strength.
Jun 7, 2015 / John Nichols
What’s Wrong With Ted Cruz’s Gay Fundraisers? What’s Wrong With Ted Cruz’s Gay Fundraisers?
Two gay New York City entrepreneurs stirred anger by helping anti-gay GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz fundraise. Why'd they do it? Israel.
Jun 5, 2015 / Ali Gharib
There’s a Vicious, Slow-Motion Pogrom Happening a Few Hundred Miles From the US There’s a Vicious, Slow-Motion Pogrom Happening a Few Hundred Miles From the US
A constitutional ruling in the Dominican Republic has delegitimized the existence of hundreds of thousands of Haitians.
Jun 5, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Hillary Clinton’s Bold Plan for Voting Rights Hillary Clinton’s Bold Plan for Voting Rights
Clinton slams the “phantom epidemic of voter fraud” and proposes reforms that would make it eaiser for millions to vote.
Jun 4, 2015 / Ari Berman
How Texas Politicians Just Made Finding a Lump in Your Breast Even Scarier How Texas Politicians Just Made Finding a Lump in Your Breast Even Scarier
State legislators have passed a budget that prioritizes anti-choice politics over access to life-saving cancer screenings.
Jun 4, 2015 / Dani McClain
‘Run Warren Run’ Is Over. What Did It Accomplish? ‘Run Warren Run’ Is Over. What Did It Accomplish?
Elizabeth Warren isn’t running for president. But did the group truly fail?
Jun 3, 2015 / George Zornick