My Black Mentee Is Embarrassed by My Whiteness. What Should I Do? My Black Mentee Is Embarrassed by My Whiteness. What Should I Do?
Another reader asks, “How can I gain my girlfriend’s respect?”
Jul 26, 2019 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
Corporate Wolves in Academic Sheepskins, or, a Billionaire’s Raid on the University of Tulsa Corporate Wolves in Academic Sheepskins, or, a Billionaire’s Raid on the University of Tulsa
This sordid tale of crony capitalism under the guise of public philanthropy is another chapter in the corporatization of higher ed.
Jun 18, 2019 / StudentNation / Jacob Howland
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 / Letters
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
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
Chronicling the Age of Hobsbawm: A Q&A With Historian Richard Evans Chronicling the Age of Hobsbawm: A Q&A With Historian Richard Evans
“The more I have read his writings, the more I have come to admire and respect him not just as an historian but as a person.”
Apr 26, 2019 / Sebastiaan Faber
The Real College-Admissions Scandal Is America’s Unjust Financial-Aid Process The Real College-Admissions Scandal Is America’s Unjust Financial-Aid Process
A Title I public-school counselor recounts how systemic barriers punish low-income students who want to go to college.
Apr 24, 2019 / StudentNation / Emmeline Clein