Profit-Driven Schools Fail Uganda’s Children Profit-Driven Schools Fail Uganda’s Children
Silicon Valley–backed Bridge International Academies repeatedly failed to comply with national education standards.
Nov 29, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
How Do You Stop Trump? Boycott Debt. How Do You Stop Trump? Boycott Debt.
We need to distract Trump. Student loans are a good place to start.
Nov 29, 2016 / StudentNation / Ravi Mangla
Will Immigrants in Long-Term Detention Get Their Day in Court? The Supreme Court Is About to Decide. Will Immigrants in Long-Term Detention Get Their Day in Court? The Supreme Court Is About to Decide.
The Court needs to recognize the constitutional rights of people in detention before it’s too late.
Nov 28, 2016 / Alina Das
‘The Washington Post’ Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist ‘The Washington Post’ Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist
“PropOrNot” has smeared working journalists as agents of the Kremlin while wrapping itself in a cloak of anonymity.
Nov 28, 2016 / James Carden
The President-Elect Is an Internet Troll The President-Elect Is an Internet Troll
And the media has no idea what to do with him.
Nov 28, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Donald Trump Is a Hypersensitive, Tantrum-Throwing Sore Winner—but the Recount Must Go On Donald Trump Is a Hypersensitive, Tantrum-Throwing Sore Winner—but the Recount Must Go On
Perfectly reasonable plans to recount votes in three battleground states have the president-elect acting even more thin-skinned than Richard Nixon.
Nov 28, 2016 / John Nichols
Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization
The only way to quickly deport 3 million immigrants is to first make them into criminals—and he’ll have the tools to do so on day one.
Nov 28, 2016 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler
After Fidel Castro, What Comes Next? After Fidel Castro, What Comes Next?
Castro’s death comes at a particularly delicate stage in the ongoing effort to normalize Cuba-US relations.
Nov 26, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh
Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot? Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot?
Misleading narratives obscure the reality of the stand at Standing Rock.
Nov 25, 2016 / Evelyn Nieves
No Matter Who the President Is, Islam Is an American Faith Tradition No Matter Who the President Is, Islam Is an American Faith Tradition
When they stoke fear of Muslims, Trump and his aides disparage a deeply rooted religious community that has nurtured, cherished, and built this country.
Nov 25, 2016 / John Nichols