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What Is XL Dissent?

What Is XL Dissent? What Is XL Dissent?

Activists from more than fifty universities issue an open invitation to a March 2 Keystone XL protest in DC.

Feb 12, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

While We Celebrate Michael Sam, Don’t Forget Sasha Menu Courey

While We Celebrate Michael Sam, Don’t Forget Sasha Menu Courey While We Celebrate Michael Sam, Don’t Forget Sasha Menu Courey

Don’t let the glowing press around Mizzou distract from the school’s awful response to a rape allegation.

Feb 12, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

An Open Letter to President Obama: Close Guantánamo Bay

An Open Letter to President Obama: Close Guantánamo Bay An Open Letter to President Obama: Close Guantánamo Bay

Prominent lawyers from Obama's home state of Illinois urge the president to shutter the infamous, illegal prison. 

Feb 12, 2014 / Abner Mikva, James Thompson, and Scott Turow

Launching ‘Christie Watch’

Launching ‘Christie Watch’ Launching ‘Christie Watch’

The Dreyfusses introduce a new project on Governor Chris Christie, the Tea Party and the 2016 GOP civil war.

Feb 12, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

How Universal Pre-K Could Redistribute Wealth—Right Here, Right Now

How Universal Pre-K Could Redistribute Wealth—Right Here, Right Now How Universal Pre-K Could Redistribute Wealth—Right Here, Right Now

The case for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan does not actually require copious amounts of data on long-term educational outcomes.

Feb 12, 2014 / Betsy Reed

Why We Need a Bank at the Post Office

Why We Need a Bank at the Post Office Why We Need a Bank at the Post Office

Senator Elizabeth Warren points out that reviving this old institution would provide basic services to millions of underserved Americans.

Feb 12, 2014 / John Nichols

7 Questions for Rachel Kushner

7 Questions for Rachel Kushner 7 Questions for Rachel Kushner

The author of The Flamethrowers weighs in on literary inspiration, motorcycle crashes and why radicals prefer hardcover.

Feb 12, 2014 / Jon Wiener

Distorting Russia

Distorting Russia Distorting Russia

How the American media misrepresent Putin, Sochi and Ukraine.

Feb 12, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen

Letters Letters

Coining a word… is Christie history?… VISTA & the war on poverty… call it anti-inequality…

Feb 12, 2014 / Our Readers

Snapshot: Saving Diego Rivera in Detroit

Snapshot: Saving Diego Rivera in Detroit Snapshot: Saving Diego Rivera in Detroit

The Detroit Institute of Arts is fighting to prevent the sale of its collection, including Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), as the city recovers from bankruptcy. According to the DIA, Rivera considered this series of frescoes—which some critics condemned for its alleged blasphemy and Marxist propaganda—his most successful work.

Feb 12, 2014 / Detroit Institute of Arts

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