Let Them Drink Coke: The Media’s Indifference to the West Virginia Chemical Spill Let Them Drink Coke: The Media’s Indifference to the West Virginia Chemical Spill
Are the mainstream media's class biases affecting their editorial decision-making?
Jan 14, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Should Facebook Pay Its Users? Should Facebook Pay Its Users?
A new movement known as Wages for Facebook says yes.
Jan 14, 2014 / Blog / Jessica Weisberg
Why Republicans Protect the ‘Honor’ of Offensive Team Names Why Republicans Protect the ‘Honor’ of Offensive Team Names
Conservatives have a convenient belief that when it comes to racism, it’s all about intent.
Jan 14, 2014 / Jeremiah Goulka
Two Cops Found Not Guilty in the Fatal Beating of a Schizophrenic, Homeless Man Two Cops Found Not Guilty in the Fatal Beating of a Schizophrenic, Homeless Man
Surveillance footage of Kelly Thomas’s death in 2011 sparked national outcry.
Jan 14, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy? What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy?
Cornell's decision to update its policy has been framed as the administration’s unprompted decision to do the right thing, but students and faculty have been calling for ...
Jan 14, 2014 / StudentNation / Anna-Lisa Castle and StudentNation
The Unexamined Privilege of David Brooks The Unexamined Privilege of David Brooks
The New York Times columnist fails to understand how the war on drugs disproportionately affects minorities and the poor.
Jan 14, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma
Putting a harder cap on overtime would create more jobs and give exhausted workers more time to take care of their home lives.
Jan 14, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today
The transgender woman and activist served nineteen months of a forty-one-month sentence.
Jan 13, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
Ten Myths About the NSA, Debunked Ten Myths About the NSA, Debunked
You can’t opt out.
Jan 13, 2014 / Peter Van Buren
Fifteen Millennial Movements to Watch This Spring Fifteen Millennial Movements to Watch This Spring
From the Deep South to Wisconsin, a sampling of student and youth organizing that’s taking off.
Jan 13, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation