Farewell to Roger Wilkins, a Man of Honor in Tempestuous Times Farewell to Roger Wilkins, a Man of Honor in Tempestuous Times
The accomplished scholar and influential civil-rights leader pushed hard to open doors and knock down barriers. He was also my best friend.
Mar 30, 2017 / Lived History / Robert L. Borosage
The Civil Rights Movement Had One Powerful Tool That We Don’t Have The Civil Rights Movement Had One Powerful Tool That We Don’t Have
Without it, activists will have to find new ways to bring about change in 2017.
Mar 27, 2017 / Jon Else
Elif Batuman’s Bold and Defiantly Imperfect novel Elif Batuman’s Bold and Defiantly Imperfect novel
Elif Batuman’s debut novel reminds us that part of the novel’s genius that it made room for the extraneous and the unplanned
Mar 22, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley
Middlebury: Who Pays for Free Speech? Middlebury: Who Pays for Free Speech?
By offering Charles Murray not just a platform but also departmental sanction and a presidential introduction, Middlebury let down those students denigrated by his work.
Mar 14, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan
Housekeepers Versus Harvard: Feminism for the Age of Trump Housekeepers Versus Harvard: Feminism for the Age of Trump
A feminism for the 99 percent has been forged by working-class immigrant women who confronted Harvard’s first female president and Sheryl Sandberg.
Mar 8, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Leonard and Rebecca Rojer
Asking for a Friend: Can I Explain Feminism to My Girlfriend Without Mansplaining? Asking for a Friend: Can I Explain Feminism to My Girlfriend Without Mansplaining?
Another reader tries to stop her friend’s relentless name dropping.
Mar 3, 2017 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
Daniela Vargas’s Detention Shows How Vulnerable DREAMers Are Under Trump Daniela Vargas’s Detention Shows How Vulnerable DREAMers Are Under Trump
When Obama was in the White House, the safest place for young undocumented immigrants was in the public eye. Vargas’s detention shows that’s no longer true.
Mar 2, 2017 / Julianne Hing
When Does Renaming a Building Make Sense? When Does Renaming a Building Make Sense?
At Yale, the decision to rename a college named after an outspoken defender of slavery was not taken lightly.
Feb 17, 2017 / StudentNation / Dasia Moore
What Might Mario Savio Have Said About the Milo Protest at Berkeley? What Might Mario Savio Have Said About the Milo Protest at Berkeley?
The 1960s Berkeley Free Speech Movement leader warned that freedom exercised irresponsibly or freedom repressed could “bring disgrace upon our university.”
Feb 7, 2017 / Robert Cohen
The Coming Crusade Against Public Education The Coming Crusade Against Public Education
Secretary of Education–nominee Betsy DeVos has fought to “advance God's Kingdom” by privatizing the public-school system.
Jan 13, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter