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A Fight for the Soul of NYU

A Fight for the Soul of NYU A Fight for the Soul of NYU

With its ever-expanding roster of campuses around the world, NYU is leading the way toward the corporatization of higher education. 

Aug 15, 2013 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson and StudentNation

Foreign, Not Domesticated, News

Foreign, Not Domesticated, News Foreign, Not Domesticated, News

Eric on Jeff Bezos; and Reed on why you should be reading McClatchy.

Aug 15, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

NRA Board Member Explains Advocacy: Gun Ownership Makes People More Republican

NRA Board Member Explains Advocacy: Gun Ownership Makes People More Republican NRA Board Member Explains Advocacy: Gun Ownership Makes People More Republican

NRA board member Grover Norquist adds a partisan twist to his obsessive gun rights advocacy. 

Aug 15, 2013 / Lee Fang

Teenagers in Space

Teenagers in Space Teenagers in Space

Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Rambo, Red Dawn and how a tale of American triumphalism was returned to the child’s world.

Aug 15, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’

The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’ The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’

Fifty years after the March on Washington, Dr. King’s most famous speech, like his own political legacy, is widely misunderstood.

Aug 14, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge

Three Questions That Will Decide the Fate of Voting Rights in North Carolina

Three Questions That Will Decide the Fate of Voting Rights in North Carolina Three Questions That Will Decide the Fate of Voting Rights in North Carolina

The key factors that will decide the future of voting rights in North Carolina and across the country.

Aug 14, 2013 / Ari Berman

The Washington Post’s Dubious Salvation

The Washington Post’s Dubious Salvation The Washington Post’s Dubious Salvation

As the old journalism dies, what does the Bezos era portend?

Aug 14, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Real Story Behind ‘Orange is the New Black’

The Real Story Behind ‘Orange is the New Black’ The Real Story Behind ‘Orange is the New Black’

Netflix’s new hit show aims to address inequality in the application of criminal justice. 

Aug 14, 2013 / Chris Hayes

The Death Row Torture Of Warren Hill

The Death Row Torture Of Warren Hill The Death Row Torture Of Warren Hill

When a prisoner faces the execution chamber four times in one year, is it not cruel and unusual punishment?

Aug 14, 2013 / Rania Khalek

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘War on Women’ Is as Real as Ever

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘War on Women’ Is as Real as Ever Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘War on Women’ Is as Real as Ever

What's the bigger threat to American women: Republican policies or Anthony Weiner's sexual indiscretions?

Aug 13, 2013 / Press Room

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