6 Reasons Why Students Didn’t Graduate This Year—and What They’re Doing About It 6 Reasons Why Students Didn’t Graduate This Year—and What They’re Doing About It
The end of school is a cause for celebration. It’s also a reminder of discrimination and violence.
Jun 20, 2016 / StudentNation / Shiba Bandeeba, Clarissa Brooks, Michael Davis, Naseem Gibson, Darrell Moore, Axel Herrera Ramos, and Luke Risher
There Was No Clear Agenda at the People’s Summit—and That’s a Good Thing There Was No Clear Agenda at the People’s Summit—and That’s a Good Thing
Despite hyped-up media accounts, Bernie-or-Bust was just one of many directions explored in Chicago.
Jun 20, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
LeBron James Wins His Own Rumble in the Jungle LeBron James Wins His Own Rumble in the Jungle
Muhammad Ali staked his claim to the title of the Greatest when he beat George Foreman at the Rumble in the Jungle. LeBron James just gave us the sequel.
Jun 20, 2016 / Dave Zirin
By Screening ‘The Magnitsky Act,’ the Newseum Stood Up for the First Amendment By Screening ‘The Magnitsky Act,’ the Newseum Stood Up for the First Amendment
Should ultra-wealthy foreign nationals be able to transform their personal vendettas against foreign governments into law?
Jun 20, 2016 / James Carden
The Devastating Process of Dying in America Without Insurance The Devastating Process of Dying in America Without Insurance
What do people do when they can’t afford end-of-life care?
Jun 20, 2016 / Mark Betancourt
USPS vs. Congress USPS vs. Congress
If ever there was a time to make a case for the Postal Service’s necessity in American civic, political, and cultural life, it may have already passed.
Jun 20, 2016 / Nathan Smith
Elizabeth Warren’s Fight Against Payday Lenders Comes to the Post Office Elizabeth Warren’s Fight Against Payday Lenders Comes to the Post Office
We could save Americans millions with postal banking.
Jun 20, 2016 / Bryce Covert
The Victims of For-Profit Education Are Creating a Debtors’ Movement The Victims of For-Profit Education Are Creating a Debtors’ Movement
The entire for-profit education model is predatory and financially unstable, and exploits students’ dreams of a college education.
Jun 19, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
An Assassination in Britain Calls Us to Recognize Our Duty to Keep Barbarism at Bay in America An Assassination in Britain Calls Us to Recognize Our Duty to Keep Barbarism at Bay in America
It is time to recognize that “divisive hate-mongering is seeping into the mainstream,” and that a toxic politics threatens not just civility but democracy.
Jun 17, 2016 / John Nichols
What Rebecca Schiff Knows What Rebecca Schiff Knows
Her most obvious forebear in minimalist stories is Lydia Davis. But Schiff is certainly charting her own path.
Jun 17, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof