Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/25/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/25/13
This week: a critique of mainstream modern feminism, abuses at private youth prisons, and the proliferation of pawnshop lenders.
Oct 25, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
How to Write About Rape: Rules for Journalists How to Write About Rape: Rules for Journalists
A woman in the US is raped every two minutes; journalists need to learn how to talk about that appropriately.
Oct 25, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
How the Media’s Cognitive Biases Distort Obamacare Coverage How the Media’s Cognitive Biases Distort Obamacare Coverage
Eric Alterman on the Twilight series and Reed Richardson on the media freakout over Healthcare.gov.
Oct 24, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
One on One, Part 1 One on One, Part 1
Getting to know the Nation constructors
Oct 24, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Students Demand College-Logo Brands Join Fire and Safety Agreement Students Demand College-Logo Brands Join Fire and Safety Agreement
Three out of the four largest industrial disasters in the history of the garment industry have occurred in the past year alone.
Oct 24, 2013 / StudentNation / Garrett Shishido Strain and StudentNation
LIVE: Creating a Roadmap for Surviving Climate Change LIVE: Creating a Roadmap for Surviving Climate Change
Tune in for a conversation with four of our country's top experts on environmental science and policy for an historic panel discussion on the urgent and confounding questions raise...
Oct 24, 2013 / The Nation
New Film Highlights the Human Cost of Drone Warfare New Film Highlights the Human Cost of Drone Warfare
A new film aims to help end American indifference to the tragedy of drone warfare.
Oct 24, 2013 / George Zornick
Dear War Hawks: There Is No ‘Isolationist’ Conspiracy to Destroy American Power Dear War Hawks: There Is No ‘Isolationist’ Conspiracy to Destroy American Power
The New York Times and Washington Post are both guilty of attacking this timeless straw man.
Oct 24, 2013 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Remembering Larry Goodwyn Remembering Larry Goodwyn
He gave me the language and the nerve to write seriously about the idea of democracy.
Oct 23, 2013 / William Greider
Senator Warren Presses Federal Agencies on Wall Street Prosecutions Senator Warren Presses Federal Agencies on Wall Street Prosecutions
The smallest federal enforcement outfit has perhaps the best record on Wall Street prosecutions. Why?
Oct 23, 2013 / George Zornick