Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Big Ideas for Education Reform Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Big Ideas for Education Reform
Like her brother, President Obama, Soetoro-Ng wants to revamp school systems and broaden test-focused curriculums.
Mar 23, 2011 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Journalism Under Siege at Northwestern Journalism Under Siege at Northwestern
The suspension of a star professor raises very disturbing question about the future of one of the country’s foremost journalism schools.
Mar 23, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Skipping Class: The Blind Side of the Duke-Michigan ‘Uncle Tom’ Debate Skipping Class: The Blind Side of the Duke-Michigan ‘Uncle Tom’ Debate
Former Michigan hoops star Jalen Rose called Duke's African American players “Uncle Toms.” Duke alum Grant Hill responded in the New York Times. Let the media firestorm...
Mar 22, 2011 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
US Poverty: Past, Present and Future US Poverty: Past, Present and Future
An interview with Georgetown University law professor Peter Edelman.
Mar 22, 2011 / Greg Kaufmann
Missing in the Japan Catastrophe: Thinking the Unthinkable Missing in the Japan Catastrophe: Thinking the Unthinkable
Why we can’t bring ourselves to discuss the worst that could happen at the Fukushima nuclear complex?
Mar 22, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
An Interview With Nawal El Saadawi An Interview With Nawal El Saadawi
The Egyptian feminist author and activist talks about the US media’s coverage of events in Tahrir Square and the future for women in her country’s quickly evolving poli...
Mar 21, 2011 / Anna Louie Sussman
Wish of an NFL Wife Wish of an NFL Wife
Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita has been through the physical and mental wringer in twenty years of playing the game of football. His partner, Jaclyn Fujita, wants the nex...
Mar 21, 2011 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Ten Things to Abolish the Death Penalty Ten Things to Abolish the Death Penalty
Americans are rejecting capital punishment in greater numbers than ever before.
Mar 21, 2011 / Ten Things / The Nation
Charting the Wild Winds of Change in 2011 Charting the Wild Winds of Change in 2011
Revolution is as unpredictable as an earthquake and as beautiful as spring. Its coming is always a surprise, but its nature should not be.
Mar 21, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit
The Human Cost of Slashonomics The Human Cost of Slashonomics
A new initiative from Half in Ten and the Coalition on Human Needs allows those most affected by federal budget cuts to tell their stories.
Mar 21, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel