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Middlebury to Consider Fossil Fuel Divestment Middlebury to Consider Fossil Fuel Divestment

In the wake of a high-profile student protest and amid a growing university movement to combat climate change, Middlebury College announced that it would initiate steps to address ...

Dec 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Bronwyn Oatley and Kelsey Collins

Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough

Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough

Our civil rights discourse must address the ways our institutions systemically oppress certain communities.

Dec 20, 2012 / Laura Flanders

The Etymological Taboo The Etymological Taboo

Some reflections on word genealogy

Dec 20, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Real Movement on Gun Control?

Real Movement on Gun Control? Real Movement on Gun Control?

At the federal and state levels, some politicians are encouragingly willing to tackle gun control.

Dec 20, 2012 / George Zornick

Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012

Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012 Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012

Elections administrators gathered for a hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to unpack some of the shenanigans from last month.

Dec 20, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch

Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’ Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’

Two interviews have new resonance since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

Dec 20, 2012 / Laura Flanders

George Zornick: Walmart Sells Deadly Assault Rifles, but Won’t Carry Explicit CDs George Zornick: Walmart Sells Deadly Assault Rifles, but Won’t Carry Explicit CDs

After the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, some companies are distancing themselves from guns.

Dec 20, 2012 / Press Room

Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown?

Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown? Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown?

At long last, this may be the year Washington puts the brakes on Israeli settlement expansion into Palestinian lands. 

Dec 20, 2012 / Ira Chernus

Glox News: ‘The Bottomless Pit of Arbitrary Accounting’ Glox News: ‘The Bottomless Pit of Arbitrary Accounting’

Will the Supreme Leader make concessions to the losing party?

Dec 20, 2012 / Tom Tomorrow

The Great Walmart Walkout

The Great Walmart Walkout The Great Walmart Walkout

The new labor campaign against the retail giant faces daunting odds, and the stakes are high: most of us live in the Walmart economy.

Dec 19, 2012 / Feature / Josh Eidelson

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