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The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships

Not being paid for work is illegal, so why aren’t unpaid internships?

Feb 3, 2010 / StudentNation / Morgan Ashenfelter

Working America’s Unwanted Jobs Working America’s Unwanted Jobs

Gabriel Thompson's book Working in the Shadows reveals what working like an immigrant in America is really like.

Feb 3, 2010 / Video / MSNBC

Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali

First let me put my cards on the table. I consider Jemele Hill, sports columnist for ESPN.com to be as incisive and interesting as they come. She has been a frequent and fearless g...

Feb 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin

Slide Show: Is 2010 the Year of Real Immigration Reform? Slide Show: Is 2010 the Year of Real Immigration Reform?

 

Feb 3, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

The Second Sex at the Super Bowl The Second Sex at the Super Bowl

The Tim Tebow commercial is no departure at all for viewers of the big game.

Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Jaclyn Friedman

Free Speech for People Free Speech for People

My colleague and friend John Nichols' new post appropriately lauds Rep. Donna Edwards' proposed legislation to redress the damage done by the Supreme Court in its decision in the ...

Feb 2, 2010 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment

Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards turned to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis for guidance in framing the Constitutional amendment she proposed Tuesday as the right and neces...

Feb 2, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Honor Killing by Any Other Name Honor Killing by Any Other Name

To consider honor killing within Muslim communities a crime unto itself overlooks the patriarchal roots of much of the intimate partner violence perpetrated in the Western world.

Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Anna Momigliano

The Scoop on Koop’s Healthcare Lies The Scoop on Koop’s Healthcare Lies

When I first saw this spot on TV, I thought, uh-oh, (another) final nail in the coffin of healthcare reform. The bow tie, the Captain Ahab beard, the one eyebrow preaching from h...

Feb 2, 2010 / The Notion / Leslie Savan

All-White Basketball League: Bringing Segregation Back All-White Basketball League: Bringing Segregation Back

If not for the incessant backlash against NBA players, the all-white All-American Basketball Alliance would never have gotten off the ground.

Feb 2, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin and David J. Leonard

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