Why Are Teachers and Students Opting Out of Standardized Testing? Why Are Teachers and Students Opting Out of Standardized Testing?
Rejecting standardized tests, teachers are waging civil disobedience in the classroom.
Apr 7, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
How UK Law Ties Immigrant Domestic Workers to Their Abusive Employers How UK Law Ties Immigrant Domestic Workers to Their Abusive Employers
The UK seems keen on abandoning its most vulnerable workers to the rule of the master of the house.
Apr 4, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Will America Once More Turn Its Back on Civil Rights? Will America Once More Turn Its Back on Civil Rights?
States are cutting back voting days, repealing same-day registration and creating strict voter identification requirements.
Apr 3, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The McCutcheon Decision Is Disastrous—Here’s How You Can Fight Back The McCutcheon Decision Is Disastrous—Here’s How You Can Fight Back
Join the growing movement in support of a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United and ending the ever-growing influx of big money into our politics.
Apr 2, 2014 / Take Action / NationAction
Can Soccer Save the Left? Can Soccer Save the Left?
In the London neighborhood of Forest Gate, the spark of a soccer revolution is brewing.
Apr 2, 2014 / Mark Bergfeld
#CancelColbert and the Return of the Anti-Liberal Left #CancelColbert and the Return of the Anti-Liberal Left
The left can only afford to be contemptuous of liberal values when the right isn't in charge.
Apr 2, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Jonathan Schell, Eloquent Champion of Nonviolence Jonathan Schell, Eloquent Champion of Nonviolence
He made it clear that on matters of conscience, inaction is unacceptable.
Apr 2, 2014 / Editorial / The Editors
What Jonathan Schell Taught Us About the Power of Nonviolence What Jonathan Schell Taught Us About the Power of Nonviolence
What he gave us was so beautiful, so significant, so strong.
Apr 2, 2014 / Editorial / Rebecca Solnit
Deval Patrick, These Student Climate Activists Are Your Political Future Deval Patrick, These Student Climate Activists Are Your Political Future
Student climate activists in Massachusetts win a meeting with Governor Deval Patrick about banning new fossil-fuel infrastructure. But they need more than a meeting.
Apr 1, 2014 / Blog / Wen Stephenson
Q&A with Ryan Branagan of Northeastern’s Students for Justice in Palestine Q&A with Ryan Branagan of Northeastern’s Students for Justice in Palestine
Northeastern University's decision to suspend Northeastern's SJP provoked a response that spread outside the university's borders.
Apr 1, 2014 / StudentNation / Keegan O’Brien and StudentNation