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Florida Alligator

Student-Run Newspapers Need Our Help—and They’re Coming Together to Ask for It Student-Run Newspapers Need Our Help—and They’re Coming Together to Ask for It

Independent news organizations at colleges across the US are under threat. The Save Student Newsrooms movement wants to change that.

Apr 25, 2018 / William Anderson

Windrush

The Veneration of the Windrush Generation The Veneration of the Windrush Generation

The UK government’s treatment of elderly black Britons from the Caribbean is a scandal, but their elevation to national treasure offers hope.

Apr 25, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge

Red Square in Moscow

Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia

Cooperation with Moscow remains vital for American national security, but “Russiagate” allegations, now codified in a DNC lawsuit, are making that decades-long pursuit a crime.

Apr 25, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

March Madness

Battling the NCAA in the Court Battling the NCAA in the Court

Legal analyst Michael McCann stops by to talk about the NCAA and Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case against the NFL.

Apr 25, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement

The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement

These women didn’t stand on ceremony; they accepted the risks of activism and fought for worlds where others might have freedoms that they themselves would never enjoy.

Apr 25, 2018 / Feature / Janet Dewart Bell

Border Patrol US/Mexico

Over 7,000 Bodies Have Been Found at the US-Mexican Border Since the ’90s Over 7,000 Bodies Have Been Found at the US-Mexican Border Since the ’90s

And that’s an underestimate.

Apr 24, 2018 / Todd Miller

No Muslim Ban

As the Muslim Ban Goes Before SCOTUS, Share the Stories of Its Victims As the Muslim Ban Goes Before SCOTUS, Share the Stories of Its Victims

You can also support farmworkers and domestic workers fighting sexual harassment in their workplaces and get your community registered to vote.

Apr 24, 2018 / NationAction

Syringes

New York Could Open the First Safe Injection Site in the US New York Could Open the First Safe Injection Site in the US

As the death toll from the opioid crisis rises, the city is exploring a humane alternative.

Apr 24, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Minimum wage protest

Will Democrats Have an Antidote to Trump’s Fake Populism? Will Democrats Have an Antidote to Trump’s Fake Populism?

The old ideas have failed, big-money politics has been exposed as corrupted, and the battle on what comes next is joined.

Apr 24, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Stefanie ProjectLETS

Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That

With chapters in eight universities across the country, Project LETS makes mental-health care more accessible for students in need.

Apr 23, 2018 / StudentNation / Gabriela Thorne

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