De Blasio Agrees to a Landmark Stop-and-Frisk Settlement De Blasio Agrees to a Landmark Stop-and-Frisk Settlement
Following through on a key campaign promise, de Blasio agrees to an inclusive reform process for stop-and-frisk—but does it matter?
Jan 30, 2014 / Blog / Jarrett Murphy
The Torture That Flourishes From Gitmo to an American Supermax The Torture That Flourishes From Gitmo to an American Supermax
A civil rights attorney reports from the belly of the post-9/11 justice system.
Jan 30, 2014 / Pardiss Kebriaei
Forgive Student Loan Debt: Five Years On Forgive Student Loan Debt: Five Years On
The founder of StudentDebtCrisis.org reflects on the state of the student debt crisis.
Jan 30, 2014 / StudentNation / Robert Applebaum and StudentNation
Can Congress Oversee the NSA? Can Congress Oversee the NSA?
It might have to reform itself, first.
Jan 30, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
How the Myth of the ‘Negro Cocaine Fiend’ Helped Shape American Drug Policy How the Myth of the ‘Negro Cocaine Fiend’ Helped Shape American Drug Policy
In 1914, a racist fiction helped sell one of the nation’s first drug laws; 100 years later, it’s still with us.
Jan 29, 2014 / Editorial / Carl L. Hart
New York’s Outrageous Attempt to Ban Academic BDS New York’s Outrageous Attempt to Ban Academic BDS
Is New York’s decision to take action against academic BDS an assault on the First Amendment?
Jan 29, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
The Return of the Tiger Mother The Return of the Tiger Mother
A new book raises the question: Are Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld racists—or just equal opportunity trolls?
Jan 29, 2014 / Against the Current / Richard Kim
Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars
Empowered by social media, feminists are calling one another out for ideological offenses. Is it good for the movement? And whose movement is it?
Jan 29, 2014 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg
Harvard and Brown Fail on Climate Harvard and Brown Fail on Climate
Why university presidents Drew Gilpin Faust and Christina Paxson were wrong to reject calls to divest from fossil fuel companies.
Jan 29, 2014 / Feature / James Lawrence Powell
Slavery in the Modern World Slavery in the Modern World
David Brion Davis’s pathbreaking study of the problem of slavery.
Jan 29, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner