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New Rules Would Discourage Colleges From Investigating Rape Accusations New Rules Would Discourage Colleges From Investigating Rape Accusations

The Department of Education says new regulations would reduce sexual-misconduct probes by 32 percent.

Feb 12, 2019 / StudentNation / Sara Darehshori

Doomsday Clock

Doomsday Clock Doomsday Clock

Will our future be pollinated?

Feb 12, 2019 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

An Honest, Good-Faith Medicare-for-All Debate An Honest, Good-Faith Medicare-for-All Debate

Just kidding!

Feb 12, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks at ‘The Nation’

Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks at ‘The Nation’ Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks at ‘The Nation’

On Governor Ralph Northam and Virginia’s political crisis.

Feb 11, 2019 / The Nation

Allende and Maduro

Salvador Allende Offers a Way Out for Venezuela’s Maduro Salvador Allende Offers a Way Out for Venezuela’s Maduro

Chile’s dead president has some advice from beyond the grave.

Feb 11, 2019 / Ariel Dorfman

New York National Guard members

Trump Is Exploiting the National Guard Trump Is Exploiting the National Guard

Former presidents have deployed the reserve military force to bust unions, quell riots, and fight in wars of our own making. Trump is now using it to fabricate a border crisis.

Feb 11, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon

Cubs Ownership Has a Racism Problem

Cubs Ownership Has a Racism Problem Cubs Ownership Has a Racism Problem

Julie DiCaro and Bijan Bayne join the show to talk Cubs e-mails and Frank Robinson’s legacy.

Feb 11, 2019 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Green New Deal

Reactionaries Call the Green New Deal ‘Radical,’ Like That’s a Bad Thing Reactionaries Call the Green New Deal ‘Radical,’ Like That’s a Bad Thing

Supporters of action on climate change must borrow a page from FDR by laughing off critics—recognizing that there are times when we must indeed be radical.

Feb 11, 2019 / John Nichols

A Style Guide for the 1 Percent

A Style Guide for the 1 Percent A Style Guide for the 1 Percent

The new grammar and usage handbook by Benjamin Dreyer, Twitter’s premier grammarian, reinforces an elitist view of writing and language.

Feb 11, 2019 / Kyle Paoletta

Freeland and Mogherini at the Women Foreign Ministers Meeting

Canada’s ‘Feminist’ Foreign Aid Is a Fraud Canada’s ‘Feminist’ Foreign Aid Is a Fraud

Women’s empowerment is never just an economic issue; it’s always a political issue, too.

Feb 11, 2019 / Rafia Zakaria

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