Society

Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition

Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition

As the school year draws to an end, activists fear that this tuition decision marks the end of free higher education in the United States.

Apr 23, 2013 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia and StudentNation

The ‘Thinspiration’ Behind an Impossible Ideal of Beauty

The ‘Thinspiration’ Behind an Impossible Ideal of Beauty The ‘Thinspiration’ Behind an Impossible Ideal of Beauty

Rooting out "thinspiration" in social media is a start, but we must not turn "thinspo" into a scapegoat.

Apr 23, 2013 / Blog / Chloe Angyal

277 Million Boston Bombings

277 Million Boston Bombings 277 Million Boston Bombings

The United States has dropped millions of cluster bombs on other countries that continue to kill today.

Apr 23, 2013 / Robert Scheer

The Week in #Fail

The Week in #Fail The Week in #Fail

The media, the austerity-hawks and the government should all just give up.

Apr 23, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow

Ending Prostitution ‘Central’ to Ending AIDS, US Tells Supreme Court

Ending Prostitution ‘Central’ to Ending AIDS, US Tells Supreme Court Ending Prostitution ‘Central’ to Ending AIDS, US Tells Supreme Court

Will Justices agree that requiring HIV service providers to oppose prostitution is necessary for ending AIDS?

Apr 23, 2013 / Blog / Melissa Gira Grant

‘What the Hell!’: Steubenville High School Football Coach Gets a Two-Year Contract Extension

‘What the Hell!’: Steubenville High School Football Coach Gets a Two-Year Contract Extension ‘What the Hell!’: Steubenville High School Football Coach Gets a Two-Year Contract Extension

The Steubenville school board extended the contract of football coach Reno Saccoccia despite his behavior during his players' recent rape trial.

Apr 22, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin

After Boston: The Banality of Shock and Sentiment

After Boston: The Banality of Shock and Sentiment After Boston: The Banality of Shock and Sentiment

Whatever happened to quiet bravery and dignity?

Apr 22, 2013 / Richard Parker

Let’s Not Normalize This Thing Called ‘Terrorism’: A Conversation With Sohail Daulatzai

Let’s Not Normalize This Thing Called ‘Terrorism’: A Conversation With Sohail Daulatzai Let’s Not Normalize This Thing Called ‘Terrorism’: A Conversation With Sohail Daulatzai

The way communities of color respond to the logic of antiterrorism can make us part of the problem—or the solution.

Apr 22, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado

Chrissy Amphlett’s Pleasure Anthem

Chrissy Amphlett’s Pleasure Anthem Chrissy Amphlett’s Pleasure Anthem

In 2013, a song like “I Touch Myself” is less shocking than it once was. But it is still revolutionary.

Apr 22, 2013 / Blog / Chloe Angyal

Boston, West, Newtown: For Whom the Bells Toll, For Whom the Alarms Ring

Boston, West, Newtown: For Whom the Bells Toll, For Whom the Alarms Ring Boston, West, Newtown: For Whom the Bells Toll, For Whom the Alarms Ring

There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.

Apr 21, 2013 / Blog / Richard Kim

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