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Parents and Teachers Rally to Save North Carolina Schools

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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’ Rickipedia: On Ten Months of Blogging for ‘The Nation’

An index of obsessions, observations, analysis—clip and save!

Nov 1, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein

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