At Least 240,000 People Want to Cancel All Student Debt At Least 240,000 People Want to Cancel All Student Debt
A coalition including Coalition for America's Future, Daily Kos, Student Debt, and The Nation delivered a petition to Elizabeth Warren calling for the cancelation of all studen...
May 4, 2015 / Nadia Kanji
Privacy and the Profit Motive Privacy and the Profit Motive
The fallout from the Edward Snowden fiasco wasn’t just political—it was largely economic.
May 4, 2015 / Lawrence Cappello
May 2, 1972: J. Edgar Hoover Dies May 2, 1972: J. Edgar Hoover Dies
"Hoover was not only the nation’s police chief; he filled a far more important post—he was its minister of internal security, an office of tremendous, if unacknowledged, power."
May 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
We’re Living Through a Geopolitical Transition We’re Living Through a Geopolitical Transition
"These are really historic times, and the epicenter is Ukraine."
May 1, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
‘And the Youth Shall Lead!’ Ten Voices From a Generational Moment ‘And the Youth Shall Lead!’ Ten Voices From a Generational Moment
In Baltimore and beyond, a generational uprising.
May 1, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation
How to Truly Eradicate Poverty How to Truly Eradicate Poverty
We need more than just a safety net. We need a blueprint to create good jobs for all.
May 1, 2015 / Dorian T. Warren
Why Baltimore Burns Why Baltimore Burns
In 1950, Baltimore was the sixth-most-populous city in the country. Today, it is 26th, and its remaining poor black residents are cut off from their more affluent neighbors.
May 1, 2015 / Eric S. Singer
How American Exceptionalism Covers Up the Injustices of Drone Warfare How American Exceptionalism Covers Up the Injustices of Drone Warfare
The “We’re Number One!” attitude is a disease eating at the very root of our principles.
May 1, 2015 / Mike Farrell
6 Degrees of Separation Between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton 6 Degrees of Separation Between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton
The very different candidates for the Democratic nomination have a lot to debate.
Apr 30, 2015 / John Nichols
At Last Night’s Solidarity March, the NYPD ‘Came Out Swinging’ At Last Night’s Solidarity March, the NYPD ‘Came Out Swinging’
After a more permissive approach to protests in the fall, de Blasio’s NYPD has returned to Occupy-era tactics of violent repression.
Apr 30, 2015 / Alex S. Vitale