Society

NYU Law Trustee’s Company Hired Goons For The Protest Against Him NYU Law Trustee’s Company Hired Goons For The Protest Against Him

When Daniel Straus's company locked out workers, they showed up at NYU to protest. It turns out the anti-labor protesters they encountered there were hired by the company.

Oct 22, 2012 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson

‘National Review’ Falsely Accuses Obama of Vote-Buying ‘National Review’ Falsely Accuses Obama of Vote-Buying

An article by Lawrence Kudlow in NR suggests the president is trying to “buy the election” because welfare expenditures have increased. 

Oct 22, 2012 / Ben Adler

Report: In the Debates, Romney Broke the Rules More Than Obama Report: In the Debates, Romney Broke the Rules More Than Obama

A new report shows Romney broke more rules than Obama during the debates—but if the rules are flawed, should it even matter?

Oct 21, 2012 / Ari Melber

What I Owe to Radical Feminism What I Owe to Radical Feminism

STUDENT WINNER: American women can’t afford the Republican rollback of rights our forebears fought so hard to win. 

Oct 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Tess Saperstein

Dave Zirin: Lance Armstrong Is Done Dave Zirin: Lance Armstrong Is Done

The famous cyclist is unlikely to rebound if even morally bankrupt Nike is cutting ties.

Oct 19, 2012 / Press Room

Did Mitt Romney Just Endorse Affirmative Action? Did Mitt Romney Just Endorse Affirmative Action?

Romney’s now-infamous “binders full of women” show how little the Republican candidate knows about overcoming structural inequality. 

Oct 19, 2012 / Patricia J. Williams

Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (10/17/2012) Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (10/17/2012)

This week: Planned Parenthood and poverty, the unnamed favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and much more.

Oct 19, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

One Billion Rising One Billion Rising

One billion women violated is an atrocity. One billion women—and men—dancing is a revolution.

Oct 19, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

The Strangest Rodeo Show in Nashville

The Strangest Rodeo Show in Nashville The Strangest Rodeo Show in Nashville

Nashville understands something crucial about “kickass” women: they’re professionals first.

Oct 19, 2012 / Michelle Dean

Ashindi Maxton: America’s Founding Inequality Ashindi Maxton: America’s Founding Inequality

From the founding of the republic, inequality has been built into our country’s DNA.

Oct 19, 2012 / Laura Flanders

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