This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities
Like other struggling schools, the University of Arizona is raising out-of-state tuition—and courting the affluent students who can afford to pay it.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg
Neo-McCarthyism and the US Media Neo-McCarthyism and the US Media
The crusade to ban Russia policy critics
May 19, 2015 / Feature / James Carden
The Not-So-Feminist History of Wonder Woman The Not-So-Feminist History of Wonder Woman
The superheroine’s polygamous creator exploited the love and labor of the women who were his inspiration.
May 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Emily Greenhouse
How Long Have We Really Been ‘One Nation Under God’? How Long Have We Really Been ‘One Nation Under God’?
Kevin Kruse’s new book explores how “Christian America” was invented to fight FDR’s New Deal.
May 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Molly Worthen
Having a Wedding? A Sweet 16? Consider One of Brazil’s World Cup Stadiums! Having a Wedding? A Sweet 16? Consider One of Brazil’s World Cup Stadiums!
Who could have predicted that Brazil’s World Cup buildup would have disastrous results—other than everyone not financially vested in its success?
May 19, 2015 / Dave Zirin
What’s Wrong With the Federal Death Penalty What’s Wrong With the Federal Death Penalty
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by a federal jury in a state that firmly repudiates capital punishment.
May 19, 2015 / Bruce Shapiro
Bernie Sanders Has a Plan: Tax Wall Street and Make College Free Bernie Sanders Has a Plan: Tax Wall Street and Make College Free
A Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions could make higher education available for all.
May 19, 2015 / John Nichols
9 Headlines We Guarantee You’ll See Again Sooner Than You Think 9 Headlines We Guarantee You’ll See Again Sooner Than You Think
From toddlers with guns to wedding parties hit by drones, here’s the news for tomorrow.
May 19, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
Cartoonists Make Soft Targets Cartoonists Make Soft Targets
Especially when their cartoons are so dreadfully unpleasant.
May 19, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
It’s Election Day in Philadelphia: Will a Trio of Wealthy School ‘Reformers’ Buy the Mayor’s Race? It’s Election Day in Philadelphia: Will a Trio of Wealthy School ‘Reformers’ Buy the Mayor’s Race?
Six weeks after Rahm Emanuel defeated populist, pro-teacher candidate Chuy Garcia in Chicago, public-school advocates are mobilizing for victory in Philly.
May 19, 2015 / Daniel Denvir