Cornel West v. Barack Obama Cornel West v. Barack Obama
Professor West says that Obama has “a certain fear of free black men.” But this is a pissing match—not prophetic witness.
May 17, 2011 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry
The Real Debt Crisis The Real Debt Crisis
Enrollment at for-profit colleges has surged dramatically in past years. But these institutions often lack accreditation and have dismal records of job placement--and the cost of a...
May 17, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Colleges’ Data Disclosure Would Help Prospective and Active Students Alike Colleges’ Data Disclosure Would Help Prospective and Active Students Alike
Colleges and universities collect data about current and prospective students to understand how to target the students who would be the most successful at their institutions. W...
May 17, 2011 / StudentNation / Julie Margetta Morgan
Santana is Booed for Using Baseball’s Civil Rights Game to Speak Out for Civil Rights Santana is Booed for Using Baseball’s Civil Rights Game to Speak Out for Civil Rights
Major League Baseball's Civil Rights Game was turned inside out by musician Carlos Santana, who refused to be silent.
May 16, 2011 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Video: Tracking the Army’s Secret Detainee Abuse Task Force Video: Tracking the Army’s Secret Detainee Abuse Task Force
The Army's on-the-ground investigative team in Iraq has failed to hold torturers and abusers accountable for their crimes.
Memo Noting the Founding of the Detainee Abuse Task Force Memo Noting the Founding of the Detainee Abuse Task Force
This memo, dated August 17, 2004, notes that "On 28 Jul 04, the Detainee Abuse Task Force, was formed by USACIDC to investigate all allegations of Iraqi Detainee abuse involving Co...
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
January 2011 Response to Freedom of Information Act Request January 2011 Response to Freedom of Information Act Request
In this letter, the Army's associate deputy general counsel writes that the CID "never created an official 'Detainee Abuse Task Force.'"
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
Memo From the Detainee Abuse Task Force Memo From the Detainee Abuse Task Force
One of more than twenty CID documents from 2004 and 2005 obtained by the ACLU that reference the Detainee Abuse Task Force. This one, dated October 6, 2004, refers to five abuse ca...
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
Conservatives Try (and Fail) to Paint Unions as Bad for Black People Conservatives Try (and Fail) to Paint Unions as Bad for Black People
Conservatives have attacked unions as bad for African Americans, but the truth is that civil rights and the labor movement have gone hand-in-hand for decades.
May 13, 2011 / The Notion / Jamelle Bouie
Goodbye for Now from GRITtv Goodbye for Now from GRITtv
Three years ago, on May 12, 2008, the first episode of GRITtv hit the air. Given life by Free Speech TV, the project we imagined was a daily forum for changemakers that would...
May 13, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders