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To My Male Relatives on Facebook Who ‘Like’ Sexism

To My Male Relatives on Facebook Who ‘Like’ Sexism To My Male Relatives on Facebook Who ‘Like’ Sexism

Don’t click for misogyny!

Feb 4, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

Ten Things to End Rape Culture

Ten Things to End Rape Culture Ten Things to End Rape Culture

Rape culture exists because we don't believe it does. Here's how to empower men and women to change the status quo.

Feb 4, 2013 / The Nation

Brooklyn College President Defends BDS Forum Brooklyn College President Defends BDS Forum

"it is incumbent upon us to uphold the tenets of academic freedom and allow our students and faculty to engage in dialogue and debate on topics they may choose, even those with whi...

Feb 4, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It

Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It

Right-wing machinations around voting haven’t stopped just because the election’s over. Now up: rebuilding the walls around registration.

Feb 4, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch and Brentin Mock

Where Are the Student Voices in the Gun Control Debate?

Where Are the Student Voices in the Gun Control Debate? Where Are the Student Voices in the Gun Control Debate?

In the wake of Newtown, students are upping the fight against racial injustice in school discipline.

Feb 4, 2013 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky and StudentNation

‘The Blackout Bowl,’ or ‘The Most Depressing Super Bowl Column You’ll Read’

‘The Blackout Bowl,’ or ‘The Most Depressing Super Bowl Column You’ll Read’ ‘The Blackout Bowl,’ or ‘The Most Depressing Super Bowl Column You’ll Read’

The Super Bowl's thirty-four-minute blackout was a moment that says so much about the USA in the twenty-first century.

Feb 4, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet

Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet

There is a special place reserved for the late New York City mayor in gay hell.

Feb 2, 2013 / Richard Kim

Dispatches from the US Student Movement: Feb. 1

Dispatches from the US Student Movement: Feb. 1 Dispatches from the US Student Movement: Feb. 1

This week, students host convergences, boycott standardized tests and chain themselves to a potted tree. Can need-blind admissions be saved at Wesleyan? After Adios Arpaio, what...

Feb 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

A Big Day for Obamacare

A Big Day for Obamacare A Big Day for Obamacare

The administration largely protected universal contraception coverage, but also made it harder for millions of familes to get health insurance. 

Feb 1, 2013 / George Zornick

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/1/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/1/2013)

This week: immigrants cross the US-Mexico border using GPS and poetry, US-trained armies around the world commit attrocities and pundits and politicians shoot themselves in the foo...

Feb 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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