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What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women

What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women

A new study finds board quotas don’t improve conditions for the average working woman, but they do the job of giving women more representation among powerful roles.

Jul 7, 2014 / Bryce Covert

Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus?

Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus? Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus?

Now that Obama has given up trying to appease the GOP, why he is considering weakening a law intended to protect immigrant children from trafficking and violence?

Jul 4, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Deadly World Cup Legacy Continues as Overpass Collapses in Brazilian Host City

Deadly World Cup Legacy Continues as Overpass Collapses in Brazilian Host City Deadly World Cup Legacy Continues as Overpass Collapses in Brazilian Host City

As two are dead and nineteen injured as an overpass collapsed in Belo Horizonte. The most awful part of this tragedy is that it did not have to happen.

Jul 3, 2014 / Dave Zirin

Northwestern Reshapes Its Sexual Assault Policy

Northwestern Reshapes Its Sexual Assault Policy Northwestern Reshapes Its Sexual Assault Policy

Northwestern officials will finally comply with the Violence Against Women Act and compile statistics for incidents of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.

Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / Olivia Exstrum and StudentNation

Americans Insist on Being Delusional About Racism

Americans Insist on Being Delusional About Racism Americans Insist on Being Delusional About Racism

The United States isnt close to being prepared, or even willing, to see its racist past or present.

Jul 3, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 07/04/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 07/04/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 07/04/14?

This week: More on Hobby Lobby, Schuwarzman and the economy, and detainees blocked in California.

Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science

From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science

Eric on this week's shows and Reed on Hobby Lobby. 

Jul 3, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Summer Interns’ Recommended Reading

Summer Interns’ Recommended Reading Summer Interns’ Recommended Reading

Here’s a list of novels, essays, and memoirs that our 2014 summer interns have been reading.

Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof

It only took a day for the Court’s “limited” Hobby Lobby decision to start to crack open.

Jul 2, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’?

Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’? Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’?

The New York Times has yet to learn from its hawkish coverage in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Jul 2, 2014 / Leslie Savan

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