This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Reefer Madness on Campus and Park Avenue This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Reefer Madness on Campus and Park Avenue
Our endorsement of marijuana legalization comes after decades of questioning the fundamental assumptions of the War on Drugs.
Oct 26, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Jock Culture Supports Rape Culture, From Maryville to Steubenville How Jock Culture Supports Rape Culture, From Maryville to Steubenville
It starts in the locker room.
Oct 25, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Fusion and Latino Media’s Race Problem Fusion and Latino Media’s Race Problem
The new Univision-ABC Latino media venture known as Fusion already has a race problem.
Oct 25, 2013 / Aura Bogado
How Joe Lhota Could Benefit From New York’s Own ‘Citizens United’ How Joe Lhota Could Benefit From New York’s Own ‘Citizens United’
Could a debate over campaign finance breathe new life into Lhota's bid for NYC mayor?
Oct 25, 2013 / Leslie Savan
CUNY Dismantles Community Center, Students Fight Back CUNY Dismantles Community Center, Students Fight Back
On Sunday, October 20, NYPD officers and CUNY security marched into the main academic center at CUNY City College unannounced, put the campus on lockdown and seized files, document...
Oct 25, 2013 / StudentNation / Shawn Carrie, Isabelle Nastasia, and StudentNation
Privacy Advocates Turn Up the Heat on the ‘Business-as-Usual Brigade’ Privacy Advocates Turn Up the Heat on the ‘Business-as-Usual Brigade’
The Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to take up legislation to reform the NSA’s spying authority next week.
Oct 25, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
The Israel-Saudi Alliance Against the US-Iran Talks The Israel-Saudi Alliance Against the US-Iran Talks
Reactionaries of the world, unite!
Oct 25, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Don’t Be Fooled: Flexible Scheduling Is No Cure for the Workplace Gender Divide Don’t Be Fooled: Flexible Scheduling Is No Cure for the Workplace Gender Divide
Flexible scheduling may do more harm than good as it reinforces stereotypical gender roles.
Oct 25, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Anyone for a Real Inform Act? Anyone for a Real Inform Act?
It was early, but for a moment I thought I was reading something important in an ad in The New York Times. Someone was paying attention to our nation's teetering imbalance! (No...
Oct 25, 2013 / Laura Flanders
A Mass Rally Against Mass Surveillance A Mass Rally Against Mass Surveillance
Activists want a full public accounting of the NSA’s and the FBI’s data collection programs.
Oct 25, 2013 / John Nichols