How Republicans Turned “School Choice” Into a Losing Issue How Republicans Turned “School Choice” Into a Losing Issue
After 18 months of Covid disruption, support for vouchers and even charter schools has plummeted—even in the home of “Live Free or Die.”
Sep 14, 2021 / Jennifer C. Berkshire
Boycott Texas Boycott Texas
The rest of the country needs to take decisive action to stop the state’s appalling new abortion law.
Sep 14, 2021 / Katha Pollitt
How Students Pressured Harvard to Divest From Fossil Fuels– and Won How Students Pressured Harvard to Divest From Fossil Fuels– and Won
Climate activists at other institutions can learn from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard after their victory at the world’s richest university.
Sep 14, 2021 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
First Texas Came for Abortion. Now It’s Going After Voting Rights. First Texas Came for Abortion. Now It’s Going After Voting Rights.
Just a week after Texas’s abortion ban went into effect, Governor Greg Abbot signed a draconian voter suppression bill into law.
Sep 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Fighting the New Jim Crow Fighting the New Jim Crow
Republicans push to roll back voting rights.
David Gilbert Should Be Free David Gilbert Should Be Free
Given his perfect 40-year record, denial by the Parole Board would signal that prison is just about punishment and revenge.
Sep 13, 2021 / John Mage
Honoring Attica After Half a Century Honoring Attica After Half a Century
It’s time to demand law enforcement accountability for the death of unarmed citizens not just on America’s streets but also in our prisons.
Sep 13, 2021 / Heather Ann Thompson
Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks
The September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States by Al Qaeda resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries.
Sep 11, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
The 19th Century’s 9/11 The 19th Century’s 9/11
Long before the 9/11 of 20 years ago, another episode of violence took place on that day in 1851 and portended our nation’s deepest divide.
Sep 10, 2021 / Marc Steiner
I Lost My Father on 9/11, but I Never Wanted to Be a “Victim” I Lost My Father on 9/11, but I Never Wanted to Be a “Victim”
I never felt comfortable with the official rituals of 9/11 grief, with their overtones of patriotism and vengeance, so I sought other ways to use my role.
Sep 10, 2021 / Leila Murphy