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What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy?

What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy? What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy?

Cornell's decision to update its policy has been framed as the administration’s unprompted decision to do the right thing, but students and faculty have been calling for ...

Jan 14, 2014 / StudentNation / Anna-Lisa Castle and StudentNation

De Blasio’s Plan to Tax the Rich: Not ‘Dead on Arrival’ After All

De Blasio’s Plan to Tax the Rich: Not ‘Dead on Arrival’ After All De Blasio’s Plan to Tax the Rich: Not ‘Dead on Arrival’ After All

Here it is fourteen days into the Bill de Blasio mayoralty, and we’re still talking about a tax plan that was supposedly “dead on arrival” even before the Democra...

Jan 14, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy

The Unexamined Privilege of David Brooks

The Unexamined Privilege of David Brooks The Unexamined Privilege of David Brooks

The New York Times columnist fails to understand how the war on drugs disproportionately affects minorities and the poor. 

Jan 14, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma

What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma

Putting a harder cap on overtime would create more jobs and give exhausted workers more time to take care of their home lives. 

Jan 14, 2014 / Bryce Covert

George Miller: The Congressman Who Refused to Accept Inequality

George Miller: The Congressman Who Refused to Accept Inequality George Miller: The Congressman Who Refused to Accept Inequality

California Democrat who is retiring after forty years has been as steadfast as Ted Kennedy on fighting for a just society.

Jan 13, 2014 / John Nichols

Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today

Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today

The transgender woman and activist served nineteen months of a forty-one-month sentence.

Jan 13, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

The US Continues to Stand By Bahrain

The US Continues to Stand By Bahrain The US Continues to Stand By Bahrain

Chuck Hagel's paeans to “political reform” in the Gulf must have sounded strange to political prisoners in repressive Bahrain, where he delivered his remarks.

Jan 13, 2014 / Amanda Ufheil-Somers and Foreign Policy In Focus

Did Chris Christie Use Sandy Relief Money for Political Gain?

Did Chris Christie Use Sandy Relief Money for Political Gain? Did Chris Christie Use Sandy Relief Money for Political Gain?

Less than a week after the “Bridgegate” scandal exploded, federal officials are now probing Chris Christie’s use of funds allocated for Sandy relief.

Jan 13, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Ten Myths About the NSA, Debunked

Ten Myths About the NSA, Debunked Ten Myths About the NSA, Debunked

You can’t opt out.

Jan 13, 2014 / Peter Van Buren

Fifteen Millennial Movements to Watch This Spring

Fifteen Millennial Movements to Watch This Spring Fifteen Millennial Movements to Watch This Spring

From the Deep South to Wisconsin, a sampling of student and youth organizing that’s taking off.

Jan 13, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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