What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy? What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy?
Cornell's decision to update its policy has been framed as the administration’s unprompted decision to do the right thing, but students and faculty have been calling for ...
Jan 14, 2014 / StudentNation / Anna-Lisa Castle and StudentNation
The Unexamined Privilege of David Brooks The Unexamined Privilege of David Brooks
The New York Times columnist fails to understand how the war on drugs disproportionately affects minorities and the poor.
Jan 14, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma
Putting a harder cap on overtime would create more jobs and give exhausted workers more time to take care of their home lives.
Jan 14, 2014 / Bryce Covert
Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today
The transgender woman and activist served nineteen months of a forty-one-month sentence.
Jan 13, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Ten Myths About the NSA, Debunked Ten Myths About the NSA, Debunked
You can’t opt out.
Jan 13, 2014 / Peter Van Buren
Fifteen Millennial Movements to Watch This Spring Fifteen Millennial Movements to Watch This Spring
From the Deep South to Wisconsin, a sampling of student and youth organizing that’s taking off.
Jan 13, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
More Shame for 60 Minutes: First Benghazi, Then the NSA, Now Alex Rodriguez More Shame for 60 Minutes: First Benghazi, Then the NSA, Now Alex Rodriguez
60 Minutes did its tattered reputation no favors in its report about Alex Rodriguez.
Jan 13, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Will the FCC’s New Chairman Usher in a New Era for the Commission? Will the FCC’s New Chairman Usher in a New Era for the Commission?
The Federal Communications Commission’s new chairman Tom Wheeler announces efforts to “do things differently.”
Jan 10, 2014 / Leticia Miranda
On the Inauguration of Bill de Blasio On the Inauguration of Bill de Blasio
The text of Harry Belafonte’s inaugural remarks, with additional commentary by Carl Hart.
Jan 10, 2014 / Harry Belafonte and Carl L. Hart
No Longer Human No Longer Human
In the eyes of Texas, one woman is now nothing more than a machine.
Jan 10, 2014 / Ilyse Hogue