Youth Resistance to Deportations, Criminalization Multiplies Youth Resistance to Deportations, Criminalization Multiplies
As sit-ins and fasts continue, campaigns against mandatory minimums, Stand Your Ground and youth incarceration gain traction.
Dec 10, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Could John Boehner’s New Immigration Strategist Actually Pass Some Reforms? Could John Boehner’s New Immigration Strategist Actually Pass Some Reforms?
Becky Tallent’s piecemeal approach to immigration reform may appeal to congressmen, but will it ever appeal to voters?
Dec 10, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Weisberg
Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The anti-apartheid hero asked world leaders to “have the courage to ensure that, at last, we build a human world consistent with the provisions of that historic Declaration.&...
Dec 10, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Repression Deepens in Egypt Repression Deepens in Egypt
At first it was the Muslim Brotherhood. Now dozens of journalists, non-Islamist activists and students have been detained and beaten.
Dec 9, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Mandela’s Uses of Sports: Resistance, Reconciliation and Rebranding Mandela’s Uses of Sports: Resistance, Reconciliation and Rebranding
Nelson Mandela’s history with the sports world is both more complicated and more challenging than meets the eye.
Dec 9, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Everyone Is a Criminal: On the Over-policing of America Everyone Is a Criminal: On the Over-policing of America
Try to think of an aspect of everyday life that doesn’t somehow include the police.
Dec 9, 2013 / Chase Madar
Nelson Mandela, Feminist Nelson Mandela, Feminist
Few people know that Mandela was a global leader on reproductive freedom.
Dec 9, 2013 / Blog / Ilyse Hogue
Teachers, Parents Complain Overcrowding, Lack of Support Plague ‘Welcoming Schools’ Teachers, Parents Complain Overcrowding, Lack of Support Plague ‘Welcoming Schools’
Chicago officials promised a smooth transition for students from closed schools, but parents and teachers complain the “welcoming schools” are plagued by familiar probl...
Dec 9, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Academic Freedom and the ASA’s Boycott of Israel: A Response to Michelle Goldberg Academic Freedom and the ASA’s Boycott of Israel: A Response to Michelle Goldberg
Contrary to what Goldberg has written, I believe that the only version of BDS that can be defended is one that is compatible with principles of academic freedom.
Dec 8, 2013 / Judith Butler
The Deep South Is the Latest Epicenter of the HIV Epidemic The Deep South Is the Latest Epicenter of the HIV Epidemic
America’s HIV epidemic is concentrated and most deadly in the Southern states, but two policies could have a profound effect on the illness.
Dec 6, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter