This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO) This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO)
Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West’s Poverty Tour 2.0 arrived in Virginia, and high school students had a lot to say about their own struggles with poverty.
Sep 14, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Strike Against Inequality Strike Against Inequality
A strike in the country's most segregated school district is about more than union politics.
Sep 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Christie Thompson
Why YouTube Is Wrong to Censor the Anti-Islam Video Why YouTube Is Wrong to Censor the Anti-Islam Video
The selective censorship of “Innocence of Muslims” in Libya and Egypt “reeks of paternalism.”
Sep 14, 2012 / Ari Melber
Comments of the Week: The Chicago Teachers Union Strike, Voter ID Laws and a Vagina Comments of the Week: The Chicago Teachers Union Strike, Voter ID Laws and a Vagina
Our readers sound off on the Chicago Teachers Union strike, Pennsylvania's voter ID laws and Naomi Wolf's Vagina.
Sep 14, 2012 / Sarah Arnold
Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax
The country should look to Congressman Keith Ellison, not Paul Ryan for a fiscal vision.
Sep 14, 2012 / John Nichols
Scott Brown Is Lying About His Reproductive Rights Record Scott Brown Is Lying About His Reproductive Rights Record
In a new ad, the Republican Senator pretends that he is pro-choice, when his record is anything but.
Sep 14, 2012 / George Zornick
This Week’s Voting Rights Victories: Colorado and Florida Halt Their Voter Purges This Week’s Voting Rights Victories: Colorado and Florida Halt Their Voter Purges
The push back against voter suppression has resulted in some major victories this week.
Sep 14, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
UNC Student Power Gathers Activists UNC Student Power Gathers Activists
New progressive coalition on UNC campus shows the promise of collaborations.
Sep 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Sam Schaefer
The Racial Burdens Obscured by Voter ID Laws The Racial Burdens Obscured by Voter ID Laws
The burdens of voters of color in Pennsylvania continue to be overlooked by the state’s lawyers.
Sep 14, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Newest GOP National Security Attack on Obama: He Reads Newest GOP National Security Attack on Obama: He Reads
Conservatives are complaining that sometimes President Obama reads intelligence briefings instead of getting them in person. How did George W. Bush handle it?
Sep 14, 2012 / Ben Adler