On Quebec’s Massive Tuition Hike Protest On Quebec’s Massive Tuition Hike Protest
Last week, 60,000 students went on strike in Canada's Quebec province, in protest of the coming tuition hikes.
Dec 15, 2010 / StudentNation / Amelia Schonbek
When Domes Collapse: Minnesota’s Sporting Shock Doctrine When Domes Collapse: Minnesota’s Sporting Shock Doctrine
The spectacular collapse of the Metrodome's roof on Sunday bolsters every reason why the Twin Cities do NOT need a publicly funded stadium. But the "conventional wisdom&q...
Dec 15, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Remembering Why WikiLeaks Matters Remembering Why WikiLeaks Matters
“The question of whether we want a real 'net is really the question of whether we want a real democracy.”
Dec 14, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Tax Cut Compromise May Benefit Students Tax Cut Compromise May Benefit Students
A new compromise between leading Republicans and President Obama to extend an expiring tax policy may end up benefiting some of its student opponents.
Dec 14, 2010 / StudentNation / Victor Gamez
Students Unfazed By WikiLeaks Warnings Students Unfazed By WikiLeaks Warnings
Students at Columbia and Penn are unfazed by warnings to not discuss or link to WikiLeaks on social networking sites.
Dec 14, 2010 / StudentNation / Ellie Levitt
The Breakdown: An Unconstitutional Mandate? The Breakdown: An Unconstitutional Mandate?
A federal court in Virginia ruled Monday that an aspect of Obama's healthcare reform law is unconstitutional. In this previously posted episode of The Breakdown, Christopher Hayes...
Dec 14, 2010 / Chris Hayes
When Animated Bears Explain: Can Viral Video Save the Economy? When Animated Bears Explain: Can Viral Video Save the Economy?
Cartoon policy videos have not yet supplanted op-eds, but a recent breakout hit on the Federal Reserve is the kind of political content that could be highly influential in a medias...
Dec 13, 2010 / Ari Melber
What Would I.F. Stone Think of WikiLeaks? What Would I.F. Stone Think of WikiLeaks?
America's greatest investigative journalist believed in letting the truth be told, even over the protest of state officials. But what would he make of WikiLeaks's secret-telling?
Dec 13, 2010 / D.D. Guttenplan
Fox News Won’t Admit That Republicans Voted Against 9/11 Rescue Workers Fox News Won’t Admit That Republicans Voted Against 9/11 Rescue Workers
When they do something so vile that even Fox commentators can’t stomach it, Republicans become They-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Dec 13, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Domesticated Deities Domesticated Deities
Celebrity messiahs have come to redeem our country, not govern it (and don’t forget Marilyn and Elvis and Jackie O and Diana and Oprah and Brangelina and David Hasselhoff).
Dec 13, 2010 / Lewis Lapham