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The FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal Explained

The FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal Explained The FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal Explained

What the proposal means and how you can make your opinion heard.

May 21, 2014 / Leticia Miranda

The Truth About Race In America: It’s Getting Worse, Not Better

The Truth About Race In America: It’s Getting Worse, Not Better The Truth About Race In America: It’s Getting Worse, Not Better

Schools are resegregating, it’s getting harder to vote, too many are incarcerated—America is becoming more separate and less equal.

May 21, 2014 / Column / Gary Younge

How Teachers Are Fighting to Change One of the Most Segregated School Districts in the Country

How Teachers Are Fighting to Change One of the Most Segregated School Districts in the Country How Teachers Are Fighting to Change One of the Most Segregated School Districts in the Country

“They’ve lost before they even walked into that room,” said a Brooklyn English teacher. “They’re already telling themselves, ‘I can’t,&rsq...

May 21, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Why Is the VA Suffering From a Lack of Resources in the First Place?

Why Is the VA Suffering From a Lack of Resources in the First Place? Why Is the VA Suffering From a Lack of Resources in the First Place?

Today’s lesson is quite simple: after conflicts are over, we need to fully fund the healthcare and medical needs of our veterans. Forever.

May 21, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

UPDATE: US Supreme Court Halts Execution of Russell Bucklew

UPDATE: US Supreme Court Halts Execution of Russell Bucklew UPDATE: US Supreme Court Halts Execution of Russell Bucklew

Medical evidence suggests Russell Bucklew's rare, birth defect could cause him to hemorrhage and gasp for air during a lethal injection.

May 21, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Silicon Valley Boosts a ‘Tech Groupie’ for Congress

Silicon Valley Boosts a ‘Tech Groupie’ for Congress Silicon Valley Boosts a ‘Tech Groupie’ for Congress

Major tech donors are investing in Ro Khanna. To get to Washington, he’ll have to push another Democrat out of the way.

May 21, 2014 / Feature / Ellen Cushing

Pelé Said What?

Pelé Said What? Pelé Said What?

Brazilian soccer legend Pelé has long loathed the political spotlight. He grabbed it this week to criticize the very World Cup he helped bring to his country.

May 20, 2014 / Dave Zirin

How the Media’s VA ‘Scandal’ Coverage Is Making the Same Old Mistakes

How the Media’s VA ‘Scandal’ Coverage Is Making the Same Old Mistakes How the Media’s VA ‘Scandal’ Coverage Is Making the Same Old Mistakes

Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the media. 

May 20, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Will GOP Leaders Block Another Immigration Measure?

Will GOP Leaders Block Another Immigration Measure? Will GOP Leaders Block Another Immigration Measure?

The Republican leadership is poised once again to back away from immigration reform, rather than take on the far right.

May 20, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus

Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus

To build the university where Bill Clinton will speak this week, laborers are paid less than what was contracted, are refused their own passports and bank cards and sleep a dozen t...

May 20, 2014 / StudentNation / Helen Holmes, Ari Lipsitz, and StudentNation

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