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Americans Insist on Being Delusional About Racism

Americans Insist on Being Delusional About Racism Americans Insist on Being Delusional About Racism

The United States isnt close to being prepared, or even willing, to see its racist past or present.

Jul 3, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 07/04/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 07/04/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 07/04/14?

This week: More on Hobby Lobby, Schuwarzman and the economy, and detainees blocked in California.

Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science

From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science

Eric on this week's shows and Reed on Hobby Lobby. 

Jul 3, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Summer Interns’ Recommended Reading

Summer Interns’ Recommended Reading Summer Interns’ Recommended Reading

Here’s a list of novels, essays, and memoirs that our 2014 summer interns have been reading.

Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof

It only took a day for the Court’s “limited” Hobby Lobby decision to start to crack open.

Jul 2, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter

Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’?

Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’? Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’?

The New York Times has yet to learn from its hawkish coverage in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Jul 2, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan

DREAMers in Grad School

DREAMers in Grad School DREAMers in Grad School

Four states have granted in-state tution to undocumented students, but the higher education pipeline continues to be plagued.  

Jul 2, 2014 / StudentNation / Jude Paul Dizon and StudentNation

The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate

The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate

In ruling that police may not search cellphones without a warrant, the Court brought the Fourth Amendment into the twenty-first century.

Jul 2, 2014 / Editorial / David Cole

Postcards Post-Stonewall

Postcards Post-Stonewall Postcards Post-Stonewall

We can pretend the politics of liberation can be tracked along clearly marked lines, or we can remember that history is like desire.

Jul 2, 2014 / Carnal Knowledge / JoAnn Wypijewski

After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions

After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions

After one of Supreme Court’s most anti-union rulings in recent years, is there still time for organized labor to save itself?

Jul 2, 2014 / Eileen Boris, Jennifer Klein, Joel Rogers, Joshua Freeman, and Jane McAlevey

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