A Lesson on Racism for Mayor Bloomberg A Lesson on Racism for Mayor Bloomberg
The outgoing mayor called a Democratic candidate’s campaign racist. Here’s why he’s wrong.
Sep 9, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How We Can Reclaim Education Reform This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How We Can Reclaim Education Reform
Corporate-style education &lquo;reform” has been tried, and it has failed; the path forward is clear.
Sep 7, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Adjunct-A-Go-Go! (1): ‘It Is Hard to Feel Like Anything You Do Actually Matters’ Adjunct-A-Go-Go! (1): ‘It Is Hard to Feel Like Anything You Do Actually Matters’
The first in our series of dispatches from the trenches of the intellectual proletariat.
Sep 6, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
How the Political Media’s Twitter Obsession Trivializes the News How the Political Media’s Twitter Obsession Trivializes the News
Eric on the Science of Springsteen; and Reed on the perverse influence of Twitter on our political conversations.
Sep 6, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
What Can We Learn From the Opening Game of the NFL Season? Actually, a Lot What Can We Learn From the Opening Game of the NFL Season? Actually, a Lot
Last night's Ravens-Broncos game displayed moments that will be a common thread throughout the season.
Sep 6, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Tech Mania Goes to College Tech Mania Goes to College
Are MOOCs—massive open online courses—the utopia of affordable higher education, or just the latest fad?
Sep 4, 2013 / Feature / David Kirp
Inside the Coursera Hype Machine Inside the Coursera Hype Machine
The company has attracted tens of millions in venture capital—but if you're looking for the Amazon of online higher ed, try iTunes U.
Sep 4, 2013 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, the New Dissidents? Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, the New Dissidents?
The United States is no Soviet Union—and yet it has set up machinery that satisfies certain tendencies that are in the genetic code of totalitarianism.
Sep 4, 2013 / Jonathan Schell
From the Sunbelt to Capitol Hill, Students Mass for Racial Justice From the Sunbelt to Capitol Hill, Students Mass for Racial Justice
To commemorate the March on Washington, students sat-in, died-in and boycotted school.
Sep 4, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Jester and Priest: On Leszek Kolakowski Jester and Priest: On Leszek Kolakowski
How the great Polish philosopher went from being an anticlerical scourge to an apostle of John Paul II.
Sep 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / John Connelly