The Radical Teachers’ Movement Comes to Baltimore The Radical Teachers’ Movement Comes to Baltimore
Social-justice teacher caucuses have emerged in cities like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle, and St. Paul, and now they’re banding together to help those in Baltimore.
Jun 7, 2019 / Rachel M. Cohen
When Joe Biden Collaborated With Segregationists When Joe Biden Collaborated With Segregationists
The candidate’s years as an anti-busing crusader cannot be forgotten—or readily forgiven.
Jun 6, 2019 / Jonathan Kozol
Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue
A Nation of Elites? Katha Pollitt’s trenchant first-person account of the 1969 student strike at Harvard University [“Harvard’s Strike at 50,” May 20/27] raises a question about Th…
Jun 4, 2019
Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism
The African-American studies professor sits down with The Nation to discuss books, Beyoncé, and the radical potential of the academy.
May 29, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini
New Orleans Argues Whether an All-Charter City Can Be Truly Democratic New Orleans Argues Whether an All-Charter City Can Be Truly Democratic
Can a locally elected school board bring accountability to the city’s charter schools, or will it give an upper hand to well-connected parents?
May 21, 2019 / Emmanuel Felton
Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools
Sanders has the most progressive education platform in modern American history.
May 20, 2019 / StudentNation / Nikhil Goyal
Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality
His new book, The Privileged Poor, examines the way elite colleges and universities welcome, and don’t welcome, students from the working classes.
May 17, 2019 / Q&A / Edwin Aponte
A Victory in the Case of Braeden Bradforth A Victory in the Case of Braeden Bradforth
Finally, an independent investigation has been opened into the high school football star’s death.
May 16, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Princeton Students Are Sitting In for Title IX Reform Princeton Students Are Sitting In for Title IX Reform
In many ways, the sit-in serves as the culmination of student outcry over the university’s treatment of sexual-harassment and assault cases.
May 13, 2019 / StudentNation / Jimin Kang
One of World’s Wealthiest Educational Institutions May Close Its Renowned Press One of World’s Wealthiest Educational Institutions May Close Its Renowned Press
Stanford University Press is at risk—even though it costs scarcely more than the college football coach’s raise.
May 6, 2019 / Michael Rothberg