How Student Activists at Duke Transformed a $6 Billion Endowment How Student Activists at Duke Transformed a $6 Billion Endowment
The success of DukeOpen’s campaign to pressure the university’s board of trustees to reform guidelines on investment responsibility demonstrates the importance of under...
Jan 25, 2014 / StudentNation / Casey Williams, Charlie Molthrop, Jacob Tobia, and StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/24/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/24/2014?
This week: valley fever, defending Snowden and Arafat's legacy.
Jan 25, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Guess Which Political Party Just Condemned the NSA’s Mass Surveillance Program Guess Which Political Party Just Condemned the NSA’s Mass Surveillance Program
“Unwarranted government surveillance is an intrusion on basic human rights.”
Jan 24, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Justice Department Could Ease Regulations for Legal Weed Businesses ‘Very Soon’ Justice Department Could Ease Regulations for Legal Weed Businesses ‘Very Soon’
Currently commercial marijuana retailers have virtually no access to banks--but Attorney General Eric Holder says that might be about to change.
Jan 24, 2014 / George Zornick
Rutgers Students Take Christie to Task Rutgers Students Take Christie to Task
The Daily Targum weighs in on Bridgegate.
Jan 23, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Mike Huckabee Actually Said This About Women Today Mike Huckabee Actually Said This About Women Today
“The Republicans don’t have a war on women. They have a war for women.”
Jan 23, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Spoiler Alert: The GOP Won’t Budge on Its Anti-Choice Platform Spoiler Alert: The GOP Won’t Budge on Its Anti-Choice Platform
Because the “War on Women” worked so well last time.
Jan 23, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Richard Sherman’s Latest and his Refusal to Be a Brand Richard Sherman’s Latest and his Refusal to Be a Brand
Richard Sherman, by continuing to tell harsh truths, is refusing to be anyone’s brand.
Jan 23, 2014 / Dave Zirin
The LGBT Movement Takes Aim at Sochi The LGBT Movement Takes Aim at Sochi
The Russian government’s anti-gay scapegoating diverts attention from what appears to be the most corrupt Olympics in history.
Jan 22, 2014 / Feature / Dave Zirin
John Carlos, 1968 Olympian, Speaks Out on LGBT Rights John Carlos, 1968 Olympian, Speaks Out on LGBT Rights
“You need to follow your conscience, follow your heart and follow your wisdom.”
Jan 22, 2014 / Feature / Dave Zirin