10 Questions All Politicians Should Answer About Gun Control 10 Questions All Politicians Should Answer About Gun Control
Thanks to an effort by Everytown for Gun Safety, the NRA will now not be the only group asking candidates for their positions on gun control.
Jul 7, 2014 / George Zornick
Before the World Cup Ends, Will the Media Tell the Truth? Before the World Cup Ends, Will the Media Tell the Truth?
There is a narrative emerging in the US press that Brazil’s protests have been small because everyone is just happy with the World Cup. It’s not true.
Jul 7, 2014 / Dave Zirin
What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women
A new study finds board quotas don’t improve conditions for the average working woman, but they do the job of giving women more representation among powerful roles.
Jul 7, 2014 / Bryce Covert
Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus? Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus?
Now that Obama has given up trying to appease the GOP, why he is considering weakening a law intended to protect immigrant children from trafficking and violence?
Jul 4, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Deadly World Cup Legacy Continues as Overpass Collapses in Brazilian Host City Deadly World Cup Legacy Continues as Overpass Collapses in Brazilian Host City
As two are dead and nineteen injured as an overpass collapsed in Belo Horizonte. The most awful part of this tragedy is that it did not have to happen.
Jul 3, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Northwestern Reshapes Its Sexual Assault Policy Northwestern Reshapes Its Sexual Assault Policy
Northwestern officials will finally comply with the Violence Against Women Act and compile statistics for incidents of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.
Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / Olivia Exstrum and StudentNation
Americans Insist on Being Delusional About Racism Americans Insist on Being Delusional About Racism
The United States isnt close to being prepared, or even willing, to see its racist past or present.
Jul 3, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 07/04/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 07/04/14?
This week: More on Hobby Lobby, Schuwarzman and the economy, and detainees blocked in California.
Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science
Eric on this week's shows and Reed on Hobby Lobby.
Jul 3, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Summer Interns’ Recommended Reading Summer Interns’ Recommended Reading
Here’s a list of novels, essays, and memoirs that our 2014 summer interns have been reading.
Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation