Society

The Greatest Water Crisis in the History of Civilization The Greatest Water Crisis in the History of Civilization

If you live just about anywhere in the American West, you or your children and grandchildren could soon enough be facing the Age of Thirst.

Dec 5, 2011 / William deBuys

A Future in Which Greed is Not a Virtue and Sharing is Not a Sin A Future in Which Greed is Not a Virtue and Sharing is Not a Sin

COLLEGE FINALIST: My generation must take on the task of building strong community economies and reestablishing collective wealth for all people. 

Dec 2, 2011 / Matthew Hickson

Misogyny is Killing My Generation Misogyny is Killing My Generation

HIGH SCHOOL FINALIST: Suddenly, my opinion of a record I had been listening to for over eight years was turned on its head.

Dec 2, 2011 / Kevin Xiong

Facing Up Facing Up

COLLGE FINALIST: There’s still time to face up to the issues we stand to inherit, and our generation has the modern means to do it. Whether we can muster the will&m...

Dec 2, 2011 / Alex Klein

“Mommy, Where Are All the Black Kids?” “Mommy, Where Are All the Black Kids?”

HIGH SCHOOL FINALIST: A Black face in my high school would become as foreign as a repressed memory that everyone just seemed to forget existed.  

Dec 2, 2011 / Ashley Arkhurst

Dangers of an Absent Mind Dangers of an Absent Mind

COLLEGE FINALIST: The inability for people to live in the present may become increasingly dangerous as it continues to become more socially acceptable.

Dec 2, 2011 / Jake Shoemaker

What Will Become of My Generation?

What Will Become of My Generation? What Will Become of My Generation?

HIGH SCHOOL WINNER: A graduating high school senior reflects on her generation's embattled future—and its dwindling access to quality education.

Dec 2, 2011 / Hannah Moon

Maybe I Would Be Alone

Maybe I Would Be Alone Maybe I Would Be Alone

COLLEGE WINNER: Catastrophe is different when it is personal.

Dec 2, 2011 / Bryce Wilson Stucki

Bobby Valentine’s Last Stint as Manager Bobby Valentine’s Last Stint as Manager

There is a reason the former Mets skipper hasn't worked a Major League dugout in a decade.

Dec 2, 2011 / Dave Zirin and Mike Elk

Up Against the Wall (Street) Up Against the Wall (Street)

Alterman's guide to gift-giving and Reed on media's not-so-safety net: fact-checking. 

Dec 2, 2011 / Eric Alterman

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