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Highlights of the 2016 Presidential Race—Today!

Highlights of the 2016 Presidential Race—Today! Highlights of the 2016 Presidential Race—Today!

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Mar 24, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Adolescents Do Not Belong in the Adult Legal System

Adolescents Do Not Belong in the Adult Legal System Adolescents Do Not Belong in the Adult Legal System

It’s time for New York to change how minors are tried in the criminal justice system.

Mar 23, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Changing of ‘The Guardian’

The Changing of ‘The Guardian’ The Changing of ‘The Guardian’

Katharine Viner, the new editor of The Guardian, has thought deeply about the relationship between readers, technology and the future of journalism.

Mar 23, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

An NYU Professor Was Barred From Researching in the United Arab Emirates—Where NYU Has a Campus

An NYU Professor Was Barred From Researching in the United Arab Emirates—Where NYU Has a Campus An NYU Professor Was Barred From Researching in the United Arab Emirates—Where NYU Has a Campus

The UAE welcomes NYU’s culture cachet—but not academics seeking to expose exploitaitve labor conditions.

Mar 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen

The US’s ‘War on Drugs’ Has Spiraled Dangerously Out of Control

The US’s ‘War on Drugs’ Has Spiraled Dangerously Out of Control The US’s ‘War on Drugs’ Has Spiraled Dangerously Out of Control

It didn’t work in Afghanistan, so let’s do it in Mexico.

Mar 23, 2015 / Rebecca Gordon

It’s Not Too Late: Save Democracy By Amending the Constitution

It’s Not Too Late: Save Democracy By Amending the Constitution It’s Not Too Late: Save Democracy By Amending the Constitution

Corporations are not people, money is not speech, and votes must matter more than billionaires’ dollars.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

‘Why Do They Hate Us?’

‘Why Do They Hate Us?’ ‘Why Do They Hate Us?’

It’s too easy to condemn the right’s populist attacks on Muslims—especially with so many left-wing atheists and liberal hawks joining the party.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi

Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems

Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems

Here’s another reminder that “personal responsibility” is a principle relevant only to the poor and the black.

Mar 23, 2015 / Column / Gary Younge

Toward a Third Reconstruction

Toward a Third Reconstruction Toward a Third Reconstruction

A conversation on The Nation, race and history at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with Eric Foner, Darryl Pinckney, Mychal Denzel Smith, Isabel Wilkerson and Pat...

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

How To Fix American Journalism

How To Fix American Journalism How To Fix American Journalism

American journalism has lost its crusader instinct. Here’s how to get it back.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Michael Massing

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