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The Great Pakistan Deluge Never Happened The Great Pakistan Deluge Never Happened

Don't tune in; it's not important.

Sep 9, 2010 / Juan Cole

Troy Davis Innocence Claim Denied Troy Davis Innocence Claim Denied

Witnesses whose false testimony sent Troy Davis to death row are now trying to do the right thing. Will Georgia?

Sep 8, 2010 / Jen Marlowe

Generation Y Encouraged to Break Tradition Generation Y Encouraged to Break Tradition

Why are 20-somethings taking longer to grow up, no longer following the traditional timetable of adulthood?

Sep 8, 2010 / StudentNation / Melanie Breault

Bluer Rather Than Pinker Bluer Rather Than Pinker

How much does language tell us what to see, and hence what to think?

Sep 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

For-Profit Colleges’ Latest Lesson to Students: How to Fight Stricter Regulation of Schools For-Profit Colleges’ Latest Lesson to Students: How to Fight Stricter Regulation of Schools

For-profit colleges have been enlisting students to write letters opposing proposed regulation that could limit federal student aid.

Sep 7, 2010 / StudentNation / Marian Wang, ProPublica

The Pentagon Triumphant on the Media Battlefield The Pentagon Triumphant on the Media Battlefield

The military's media megaphone and the U.S. global military presence.

Sep 7, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt

Summer of our Sporting Discontent Summer of our Sporting Discontent

By any measure this country is in an ugly mood. Double-digit unemployment and a growing sense that the environment, economy, and empire are heading south, has Americans walking wit...

Sep 7, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

On the anniversary of Ted Kennedy's death, a return to New Orleans and the nature of male/female criticism of film and rock.

Sep 3, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Bud Selig: A Civil Rights Icon for Our Times… Just Like Beck Bud Selig: A Civil Rights Icon for Our Times… Just Like Beck

A group of Milwaukee activists asked Bud Selig why the 2011 All-Star Game was going to be played in Arizona. The answer issued by his public relaions firm needs to be read to be be...

Sep 2, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin

Sorry, Kids, No Jobs Here

Sorry, Kids, No Jobs Here Sorry, Kids, No Jobs Here

A million and a half teenagers were unemployed this summer and didn't want to be. What does that mean besides less spending money for teens? Plenty.

Sep 2, 2010 / Liz Shuler

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