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Black Kids in Mississippi Are Being Systematically Denied the Services They Are Entitled To Black Kids in Mississippi Are Being Systematically Denied the Services They Are Entitled To

The government’s mistrust of local communities is so strong, it’s underwriting the miseducation of a whole generation.

Mar 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen

America, the Unaffordable

America, the Unaffordable America, the Unaffordable

There’s a housing crisis. Everywhere. Can New York City create a blueprint to solve it?

Mar 17, 2016 / Feature / DW Gibson

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grasley

Now That We Have a Supreme Court Nominee, Tell GOP Senators to Do Their Job Now That We Have a Supreme Court Nominee, Tell GOP Senators to Do Their Job

Senate Republicans are still refusing to even consider Merrick Garland, President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court.

Mar 16, 2016 / NationAction

Anita Alvarez

Organizers Celebrate the Defeat of Anita Alvarez by Planning Their Next Steps Organizers Celebrate the Defeat of Anita Alvarez by Planning Their Next Steps

The fight has just begun.

Mar 16, 2016 / Deborah L. Shelton

Barack Obama and Merrick Garland

Obama Picked a Safe SCOTUS Nominee—This Is How It Could Backfire Obama Picked a Safe SCOTUS Nominee—This Is How It Could Backfire

An early look at activists on the left shows some reticence toward Obama’s pick.

Mar 16, 2016 / George Zornick

Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really a ‘Surprise’?

Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really a ‘Surprise’? Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really a ‘Surprise’?

American officials and pundits expressed “surprise” over Putin’s announcement while missing its primary significance.

Mar 16, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Confidence in Mexico

Confidence in Mexico Confidence in Mexico

Nothing is more important for Mexicans than regaining a sense of security in their own lives. But the threat of moral decomposition is growing.

Mar 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Enrique Krauze

How to Manufacture a Real Estate Boom

How to Manufacture a Real Estate Boom How to Manufacture a Real Estate Boom

The South Bronx’s housing stock was decimated in the 70s, its residents left to fend for themselves. Now, real estate developers have the area in their sights.

Mar 16, 2016 / Crystal Kayiza

Cambodian monks

Is Religious Freedom a Bad Idea? Is Religious Freedom a Bad Idea?

Scholars have taken to attacking religious rights, but their target is secularism as a whole.

Mar 16, 2016 / Udi Greenberg and Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard

There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard

In Episode 2, meet the residents of East New York, who are determined to protect their community from the waves of gentrification crashing over the rest of Brooklyn.

Mar 16, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright and There Goes the Neighborhood

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