Parents and Teachers Rally to Save North Carolina Schools Parents and Teachers Rally to Save North Carolina Schools
Parents and teachers rallied today in North Carolina to participate in a “walk in” to raise awareness about education budget cuts and low teacher salaries.
Nov 4, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Defend Free Inquiry at Brown Defend Free Inquiry at Brown
Learning at Brown is a process in which disagreement plays an integral part.
Nov 4, 2013 / StudentNation / Andrew Powers and StudentNation
Open Letter to Redskins Owner Dan Snyder: Dear Dan, You Can’t Say You Weren’t Warned Open Letter to Redskins Owner Dan Snyder: Dear Dan, You Can’t Say You Weren’t Warned
Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, will be subject to demonstrations this week in Minneapolis. It is just the latest in a groundswell to change the name.
Nov 4, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Texas Voter ID Law Ensnares Former Speaker of the House, Candidates for Governor, State Judge Texas Voter ID Law Ensnares Former Speaker of the House, Candidates for Governor, State Judge
The latest victim of Texas’s new voter ID law is 90-year-old former Speaker of the House Jim Wright.
Nov 4, 2013 / Blog / Ari Berman
Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal
Friday’s punitive and economically damaging food stamp cuts are much less a result of red-team-versus-blue-team politics, and much more a result of a political process where ...
Nov 1, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
Stop-and-Frisk Is Now in Bill de Blasio’s Hands Stop-and-Frisk Is Now in Bill de Blasio’s Hands
A Federal appeals court has put a stay on crucial reforms to the NYPD’s controversial policy—but will next week’s mayoral election render the stay moot?
Nov 1, 2013 / Emily Jane Goodman
Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers
Only 3 percent of the population are likely to lose their current insurance policies and pay higher premiums because of Obamacare.
Nov 1, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 11/1/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 11/1/13
This week: activist scientists, West Virginia’s transformation into a red state, and the burgeoning men’s rights movement.
Nov 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
We Need a Robin Hood Tax—Not Cuts in Food Stamps We Need a Robin Hood Tax—Not Cuts in Food Stamps
The richest 400 Americans are worth just over $2 trillion dollars, and yet we're still cutting food stamps.
Nov 1, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Rickipedia: On Ten Months of Blogging for ‘The Nation’ Rickipedia: On Ten Months of Blogging for ‘The Nation’
An index of obsessions, observations, analysis—clip and save!
Nov 1, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein