What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/9/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/9/2014?
This week: Questlove, Marx and an infamous Mexican drug kingpin.
May 9, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
A Mother’s Day ‘Week of Action’ to #FreeMarissa A Mother’s Day ‘Week of Action’ to #FreeMarissa
Seventy percent of incarcerated women are mothers.
May 9, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
What Monica Lewinsky Gets Wrong About Tyler Clementi What Monica Lewinsky Gets Wrong About Tyler Clementi
Her comparison of the Lewinsky-Clinton affair to the suicide of an unknown gay Rutgers freshman is gross and inaccurate.
May 9, 2014 / Blog / Richard Kim
Despite Shocking Reports of Fraud at Charter Schools, Lawmakers Miss Opportunity to Increase Oversight Despite Shocking Reports of Fraud at Charter Schools, Lawmakers Miss Opportunity to Increase Oversight
The fact that Democrats did not rally around bids for better oversight indicates how murky the party’s education platform has grown.
May 9, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
The Mediterranean Has Become the Grave of Migrants The Mediterranean Has Become the Grave of Migrants
The EU uses its border states as a barrier and prison camp for the frightened, impoverished people it would rather drown than save.
May 9, 2014 / Blog / Maria Margaronis
Standing Up for Girls’ Education in Nigeria Standing Up for Girls’ Education in Nigeria
Many families in Nigeria are already skeptical about women’s education. The government’s failure to protect schoolgirls makes it worse.
May 9, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Zoe Blumenfeld and Foreign Policy In Focus
1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It 1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It
Sexual assault survivors forced campus officials to listen up. Last week’s news shows the feds picking up what’s been their work all along.
May 9, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain
Editors Don’t Belong in Courtrooms, and Cecily McMillan Doesn’t Belong in Prison Editors Don’t Belong in Courtrooms, and Cecily McMillan Doesn’t Belong in Prison
The jury that convicted the Occupier on May 5 had only been given one side of the story.
May 9, 2014 / Kathryn Funkhouser
We Need to Talk About Cyberbullying We Need to Talk About Cyberbullying
Close to 20 percent of high school students have admitted to being cyberbullied in the last year.
May 9, 2014 / StudentNation / Kumaran Chanthrakumar and StudentNation
Keep a Reporter Out of Jail Keep a Reporter Out of Jail
The United States government is insisting that New York Times reporter James Risen reveal a confidential source—or go to jail.
May 8, 2014 / Take Action / NationAction