What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/11/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/11/2014?
This week: Bitcoin, Vox and remembering the Rwandan genocide.
Apr 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
DOJ Blasts Albuquerque Police Department’s ‘Culture of Unjustifiable Aggression’ DOJ Blasts Albuquerque Police Department’s ‘Culture of Unjustifiable Aggression’
Albuquerque police who use excessive force rarely face any form of accountability.
Apr 10, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust
A large group of Harvard faculty release an open letter to President Drew Gilpin Faust calling forcefully for fossil-fuel divestment.
Apr 10, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women
While the Internet may create space for many voices, it also reflects and amplifies real-world inequities in striking ways.
Apr 10, 2014 / Astra Taylor
This Sham Report Is What the Climate Movement Is Up Against? This Sham Report Is What the Climate Movement Is Up Against?
A small group of skeptics says rising global temperatures will have a net positive effect on the world.
Apr 10, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Talking Sports Mascots With Members of Idle No More Talking Sports Mascots With Members of Idle No More
Idle No More is a movement of indigenous people in North America that, among other things, has taken on the issue of sports mascoting. Here Dave speaks to two Idle No More members ...
Apr 10, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Feds, State Legislative Committee Accelerate Inquiries Into Bridgegate Feds, State Legislative Committee Accelerate Inquiries Into Bridgegate
Some of the key actors may be nearing a deal for immunity in order to tell what they know.
Apr 10, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Allies and Skeptics Alike Want Details From de Blasio Allies and Skeptics Alike Want Details From de Blasio
On schools, housing and more, both pro and con want nuts and bolts.
Apr 9, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
How a Receipt Helped Free a Wrongfully Convicted Man After More Than 24 Years in Prison How a Receipt Helped Free a Wrongfully Convicted Man After More Than 24 Years in Prison
Trial attorneys never saw key evidence proving Jonathan Fleming was in Florida when the murder he was alleged to commit occurred.
Apr 9, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
The NCAA Makes Billions and Student Athletes Get None of It The NCAA Makes Billions and Student Athletes Get None of It
Despite devoting forty to sixty hours per week to their sport most of the year, Division I football players lack basic economic rights under the NCAA’s cartel restrictions.
Apr 9, 2014 / StudentNation / Greg Johnson and StudentNation