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You Shouldn’t Have to Take an African-American Studies Course to Read African-American Authors You Shouldn’t Have to Take an African-American Studies Course to Read African-American Authors

Students demand universities diversify curriculum to include black scholarship.

Jan 13, 2016 / StudentNation / Zachary R. Wood and StudentNation

This Climate Victory Was Buried in Obama’s State of the Union

This Climate Victory Was Buried in Obama’s State of the Union This Climate Victory Was Buried in Obama’s State of the Union

President Obama said he’ll ‘‘push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet.”

Jan 13, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Obama’s Last State of the Union: Wonderful Rhetoric, Messy Realities

Obama’s Last State of the Union: Wonderful Rhetoric, Messy Realities Obama’s Last State of the Union: Wonderful Rhetoric, Messy Realities

He hit all the right notes, but wouldn’t it have been wonderful if he could have used the past tense to describe the crisis of inequality?

Jan 13, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky

Megyn Kelly on the cover of February's Vanity Fair

Why the Mainstream Media Adore Megyn Kelly Why the Mainstream Media Adore Megyn Kelly

The Fox News anchor earns undeserved praise simply for not being the worst of the worst.

Jan 13, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and US Secretary of State John Kerry

The New US-Russian Cold War Originated in the 1990s The New US-Russian Cold War Originated in the 1990s

Today it threatens to destroy Ukraine, undermine the European Union, and result in nuclear war.

Jan 13, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Mourning Paris Attack

Lives Fit for Print: Exposing Media Bias in Coverage of Terrorism Lives Fit for Print: Exposing Media Bias in Coverage of Terrorism

A detailed study shows that attacks in Western countries are covered far more often—and with more depth and heart—than ones in non-Western countries.

Jan 13, 2016 / Sean Darling-Hammond

SK Hynix workers

High-Tech Manufacturing’s Disposable Workers High-Tech Manufacturing’s Disposable Workers

The electronics industry is poisoning the workers who make our shiny gadgets.

Jan 13, 2016 / Michelle Chen

President Barack Obama

Barack Obama Refuses to Be a Lame-Duck President Barack Obama Refuses to Be a Lame-Duck President

Instead of coasting to the close of his second term, Obama used his final State of the Union address to propose to “fix our politics” and to frame the 2016 race.

Jan 12, 2016 / John Nichols

The Junior Militiaman Anti-Government Playset

The Junior Militiaman Anti-Government Playset The Junior Militiaman Anti-Government Playset

Now with real firearms!

Jan 12, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

US President Obama speaks about counter-terrorism during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington

A State of the Union Embrace of American Muslims and Religious Diversity A State of the Union Embrace of American Muslims and Religious Diversity

At least 20 members of the House and Senate have invited Muslim Americans to attend the speech, as has the White House.

Jan 12, 2016 / John Nichols

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